Janey
Appearance
Gender | Female |
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Origin | |
Word/name | Hebrew |
Meaning | "Yahweh is gracious/merciful" |
Region of origin | Worldwide |
Other names | |
Related names | John, Jane |
Popularity | see popular names |
Janey is a diminutive form of the feminine given name Jane.
People with this name
- Janey Buchan (1926–2012), Scottish Labour Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the Glasgow
- Janey Sevilla Callander (1846–1923), British theatre producer
- Janey Canuck, pen name used by Emily Murphy (1868–1933), Canadian women's rights activist, jurist, and author
- Janey Godley (born 1961), British stand-up comedian and writer
- Janey Gohl (born 1956), beauty queen from St. Cloud, Minnesota, competed in the Miss USA pageant
- Janey Lee Grace, (born 1960), British based singer, author, television presenter and radio disc jockey
- Janey Ironside (1919–1979), former professor of fashion at the Royal College of Arts, London
- Janey Jacké (born 1992), Dutch drag queen and performer
- Janey Scott Lewin, pen name of Roberta Leigh (1926–2014), British author and artist
Fictional character
- Brainy Janey, nickname of Mary Jane Watson in Marvel comic books[citation needed]
- Janey Powell, friend of Lisa Simpson and recurring character in The Simpsons
- Janey Harper, the middle child and only daughter of Ben Harper and Susan Harper in the BBC sitcom My Family
See also
- Janey, Virginia, a community in the United States
- Janey Slaughter Briscoe Grand Opera House, historic theater in Uvalde, Texas
- Janey III or USS Onyx (PYc-5), diesel coastal patrol yacht of the United States Navy during World War II
- Truth and Janey, American rock band from Iowa
- Jane (disambiguation)
- Janney, surname