Name meaning & stats
Janell
Janell means “God is gracious”. 14,824 US babies since 1940, peak 1979.
What it means
“God is gracious”
Spelling of Janelle
In US birth records
Peak year: 1979
14,824 US babies were named Janell between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Janell (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
1 in 6 Janelles spell it Janell
- Janelle 64%
- Janell 17%
- Janel 14%
- Jannelle 1%
- Janalee 1%
- Jannell 1%
- Janielle 1%
- Jannel 1%
- Janeal <1%
- Janele <1%
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 1979)