Janey
English
editEtymology 1
editDoublet of Ivanka, Jan, Janelle, Janet, Janine, Jeanette, Jeanie, Jeannette, Jeannine, Jen, Jenna, Jenny, Jessie, Jo, Jody, Juanita, Shanae, Sinead, and Vanna.
Proper noun
editJaney
- A diminutive of the female given name Jane.
Etymology 2
editProper noun
editJaney (plural Janeys)
- A surname originating as a patronymic.
Statistics
edit- According to the 2010 United States Census, Janey is the 34110th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 666 individuals. Janey is most common among White (63.51%) and Black/African American (28.23%) individuals.
Further reading
edit- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Janey”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 242.
Anagrams
editCategories:
- English terms suffixed with -y
- English doublets
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English given names
- English female given names
- English diminutives of female given names
- English terms suffixed with -ey
- English surnames
- English surnames from patronymics
- English 2-syllable words
- English female given names from French
- English female given names from Hebrew