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Janace
How to Pronounce Janace
Pronounced juh-NACE /dʒəˈneɪs/Low
Meaning: Janace reads as a spelling variant close to Janice and Janis, names formed from Jane with an -ice ending. Jane is a feminine form of John, from the Hebrew Yochanan, 'God is gracious,' so Janace carries that meaning through Jane while its exact spelling is a mid-century American variation.Low
Popularity in the U.S. · SSA data
U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880–present). Pink marker = peak year.
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History & Origin
Janace belongs with Janice and Janis, all elaborations of Jane, which is itself a feminine John from the Hebrew 'God is gracious.' It reads as a mid-century spelling choice, and we trace it plainly through Jane to that root.
Janace appeared in the United States from about 1936 into the nineteen-seventies, peaking around 1947 at only about fifteen girls a year. A girl named Janace at that peak would be around eighty today.
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What does the name Janace mean?
It is a variant close to Janice and Janis, formed from Jane, a feminine of John, from the Hebrew meaning 'God is gracious.'
How do you pronounce Janace?
It is said juh-NACE /dʒəˈneɪs/ - two syllables, stress on the second.
Is Janace a boy or girl name?
Janace is used as a girl's name.
How popular is Janace?
It was always rare in the United States, given to only about fifteen girls a year at its peak in the late nineteen-forties.