Name meaning & stats
Janelle
Janelle means “God is gracious”. 55,746 US babies since 1940, peak 1979.
What it means
“God is gracious”
Well documented
In US birth records
Peak year: 1979
55,746 US babies were named Janelle between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Janelle (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
The most common spelling: 64% of the family
- 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)