Janna

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Жанна in RU Russia, UA Ukraine, KZ Kazakhstan and 7 more, Zhanna in FR France, PL Poland, LV Latvia and 1 more, Žana in HR Croatia, SI Slovenia and Zana in BR Brazil, XK Kosovo.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 18 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Janna is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• French given name50K records spelled Janna20 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, Argentina, United States, Philippines

  Languages: French, Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written Jännä, Jañna, Jąnną, Jannä, Jäņņä

• Finnish given name11K records spelled Janna5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Finland, United States, Philippines, Netherlands

  Languages: Finnish, Estonian, Hungarian

  Also written Jånna, Jãnnã

• Bangla given name1.3K records spelled Janna20 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, United States, Spain, Russia

  Also written Janan, Junna, Junnu, জন্ন, জুনুন

57 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Janna is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In English, A female given name from Hebrew, a fanciful modern variant of Jane.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Swedish, Janna är en femininform till → Jan eller → Janne, men kan också vara en kortform av → Johanna. Namnet var förr vanligare i Sydsverige.

  as a name·Förnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon

• In Arabic, - (jannah): garden, paradise

  as a name·A Dictionary of Muslim Names

• In English, Jannai [Jaanai, Janai]

  as a name·Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

• In Arabic, garden, paradise

  as a name·A Dictionary of Muslim Names

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 105 years between 1912–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Joan of Arcb. 1412FRnot in their usual nameFrench folk heroine (1412–1431), military leader who crowned Charles VII and Roman Catholic saint, canonized 500 years after her death
• Jehanne d'Alcyb. 1865FRnot in their usual nameFrench actress (1865–1956)
• Zhanna Yorkinab. 1939RUnot in their usual nameSoviet cosmonaut
• Zhanna Prokhorenkob. 1940RUnot in their usual nameSoviet and Russian actress (1940-2011)
• Zhanna Agalakovab. 1965RUnot in their usual nameRussian journalist
• Janna Levinb. 1967USAmerican theoretical cosmologist
• Zhanna Pintusevich-Blockb. 1972UAnot in their usual nameUkrainian-Israeli sprinter
• Jeanna Friskeb. 1974RUnot in their usual nameRussian actor and singer (1974-2015)
• Zhanna Badoevab. 1976ITnot in their usual nameUkrainian, later Russian TV presenter
• Zhanna Nemtsovab. 1984RUnot in their usual nameRussian and German journalist

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 596 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Janna?

We estimate roughly 702 thousand people bear Janna (counting its spellings and scripts) across 15 countries in our records.

In which country does Janna have the most bearers?

Janna is most frequently recorded in Russia, where it is most often spelled жанна.

Where is Janna most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Janna is densest in France — about 1 in 120 people — even though Russia holds more of our records for it.

How common is Janna compared with other names?

In Russia, Janna is the 91st most common given name of 418,751 given names recorded there.

Is Janna a male or female name?

Janna is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Janna mean?

Recorded meaning: Latinate elaboration of the girl’s name bJan.