Janey

Where Janey comes from

From Jane + -y, q.v. Doublet of Ivanka, Jan, Janelle, Janet, Janine, Jeanette, Jeanie, Jeannette, Jeannine, Jen, Jenna, Jenny, Jessie, Jo, Jody, Juanita, Shanae, Sinead, and Vanna.
— Wiktionary's entry for Janey
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1884
    First appearance
    #1,024 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1886
    Peak, #778
    9 babies named Janey — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1887
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
  4. 1926
    Janey Buchan born
    Scottish Labour Member of the European Parliament
  5. 1961
    Janey Godley born
    Scottish actor, writer and comedian
In the dictionary
  • A diminutive of the female given name Jane.
Namesakes
  • Janey Godley · Scottish actor, writer and comedian, 1961–2024
  • Janey Buchan · Scottish Labour Member of the European Parliament, 1926–2012
  • Janey Tetary · British-Indian indentured servant and resistance fighter, 1856–1884

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.