Janelle

Where Janelle comes from

From Jane + -elle, q.v. Doublet of Ivanka, Jan, Janet, Janey, Janine, Jeanette, Jeanie, Jeannette, Jeannine, Jen, Jenna, Jenny, Jessie, Jo, Jody, Juanita, Shanae, Sinead, and Vanna.
— Wiktionary's entry for Janelle
  • Vowel-ended
Janelle through the years
  1. 1912
    First appearance
    #2,979 among girls with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1953
    Janelle Commissiong born
    Trinidad and Tobago model
  3. 1979
    Peak, #186
    1,416 babies named Janelle, the most in any year.
  4. 1985
    Janelle Monáe born
    American singer and actress
  5. 1996
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #386.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name.
Namesakes
  • Janelle Monáe · American singer and actress, born 1985
  • Janelle Commissiong · Trinidad and Tobago model, born 1953
  • Janelle James · American comedian, born 1979
  • Janelle Bynum · American politician, born 1975
  • Janelle Salaün · French basketball player, born 2001

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.