Girl Names starting with “J”
Girl names full of sound and meaning – from timeless to extraordinary.
A girl's name stays with your daughter for life – it should sound beautiful, suit you and carry a meaning you stand behind. At Nameberry you'll find popular classics like Emma, Mia or Lea as well as international, short or rare first names. Browse by origin, meaning and popularity, discover the current favourites in our top lists and get inspired by special names. Whether Nordic, Mediterranean or biblical: there's the right name for every little girl.
Popular first names starting with “J”
Girl Names starting with “J”
| Name | m/f/u | Origin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| Janeya | f | American | Janeya is an American variation of the name Jane, which is derived from Johanna and Joh… |
| Jania | f | Jania is a girl's name that can be seen as a Brazilian and Latin American form of Jana,… | |
| Janica | f | Hebrew | Janica, a South Slavic diminutive of Jana (the Slavic variant of Johanna), is primarily… |
| Janice | f | English | Janice represents an English variation of Jane, which in turn goes back to the medieval… |
| Janice-Joan | f | American | Janice-Joan is a double name combining Janice ("YHWH is gracious") and Joan ("YHWH is g… |
| Janie | f | English | Janie is an English diminutive of the name Jane, which is considered an English variant… |
| Janieka | f | Janieka is a female first name considered to be the Bulgarian form of Janie, an English… | |
| Janieke | f | Norwegian | Janieke is a feminine diminutive of Janie, which is an English derivative of the name J… |
| Janiel | f | Portuguese | Janiel serves as a gender-neutral variant of Yaniel and combines the meanings of the na… |
| Janiesa | f | Janiesa is a rare, feminine first name regarded as an English variant of the name Jane,… | |
| Janija | f | Janija represents a Brazilian form of Jane, which is considered an English variant of t… | |
| Janika | f | Hebrew | Janika is a Finnish and Estonian form of Johanna as well as a Bulgarian pet form of Jana |
| Janike | f | Norwegian | Janike is a female name form that is widespread in both Norway and Sweden |
| Janin | f | Janin, a girl's name, is the German variant of Janine and is regarded as a variant of J… | |
| Janina | f | The first name Janina is a Polish diminutive of Jana, a Slavic independent short form o… | |
| Janina-Marie | f | No information on the meaning is currently available | |
| Janina-Sofie | f | Janina-Sofie is a double name combining Janina ("the Lord is gracious") and Sofie ("the… | |
| Janina-Sophie | f | Currently, there is no information available about the meaning | |
| Janine | f | Janine is a simplified spelling of the French Jeanine and is also used in Germany and t… | |
| Janine-Lisa | f | American | Janine-Lisa is a double name combining Janine ("the Lord is gracious") and Lisa ("God i… |
| Janine-Zoe | f | Janine-Zoe is a double name combining Janine ("the Lord is gracious") and Zoe ("the life") | |
| Janique | f | French | Janique is derived from Johanna, the feminine form of the biblical name Johannes |
| Janira | f | Portuguese | The name Janira is regarded as a Spanish and Portuguese form of Ianeira (Ἰάνειρα) |
| Janire | f | Basque | Janire represents a Basque form of Janira and has its roots in Ianeira (Ἰάνειρα) |
| Janisha | f | American | Janisha could be viewed as an evolution of Jane with the ending 'isha' or as a phonetic… |
| Janishia | f | American | Janishia is a feminine form of the name Janisha, which may have originated from Jane, s… |
| Janita | f | Janita is a feminine form derived from the English spelling of Juanita, which in turn i… | |
| Janiyah | f | Janiyah is a contemporary African American variation of the name Shania | |
| Janja | f | Latin | The name Janja represents a Serbo-Croatian form of Agnes and traces back to the Greek w… |
| Janka | f | Hebrew | Janka, a girl's name, carries the meaning 'God is gracious.' It derives as a diminutive… |
| Janka-Katharina | f | Polish | The first name Janka-Katharina currently has no specific meaning |
| Janna | f | Hebrew | The first name Janna is a Low German, Scandinavian, and Greek form of Johanna, the femi… |
| Janna-Dorothea | f | The name stands for 'the gracious gift of God' | |
| Janna-Femke | f | Janna-Femke is a double name combining Janna ("God is gracious") and Femke ("the little… | |
| Janna-Lena | f | Janna-Lena is a double name combining Janna ("God is gracious") and Lena ("the shining … | |
| Janna-Malena | f | Janna-Malena is a double name combining Janna ("God is gracious") and Malena ("the one … | |
| Janna-Sophie | f | Greek | Janna-Sophie is a double name combining Janna ("God is gracious") and Sophie ("the wisd… |
| Jannah | f | Arabic | Jannah is a girl's name that can be considered the English variant of Janna, a short fo… |
| Janne-Finja | f | Celtic | Currently, there is no information on the meaning |
| Janne-Mathilde | f | Janne-Mathilde is a double name combining Janne ("YHWH is gracious") and Mathilde ("the… | |
| Janneke | f | Hebrew | Janneke is a Frisian and Dutch diminutive of Johanna, the female form of the biblical n… |
| Jannet | f | Scottish | Jannet is a female first name that means JHWH is gracious, God is gracious, or the God-… |
| Jannetje | f | Dutch | The name Jannetje is a Frisian and Dutch variant of Johanna, the female form of the nam… |
| Jannett | f | English | Jannett is a girl's name that includes the meanings 'YHWH is gracious,' 'Yahweh is grac… |
| Jannette | f | English | Jannette is a girl's name that is regarded as a Germanized variant of the name Jeannett… |
| Janni-Dagmar | f | Janni-Dagmar is a double name combining Janni ("God is gracious") and Dagmar ("the valu… | |
| Jannica | f | Hebrew | Jannica is derived from Jannic, a Scandinavian pet form of the name Johannes, and also … |
| Jannie | f | Danish | Jannie is a name that is common in both Danish and English and traces back to the Hebre… |
| Jannika | f | Hebrew | Jannika represents a feminine variant of the name Jannik, which is a Danish diminutive … |
| Jannika-Marie | f | Jannika-Marie is a double name combining Jannika ("God is gracious") and Marie ("the be… | |
| Jannike | f | Hebrew | Jannike is a diminutive of Johanna, which is also the feminine form of the biblical nam… |
| Jannine | f | English | The name Jannine means 'God is gracious' or 'God is kind' and can also be interpreted a… |
| Jannita | f | Jannita represents an extended South Slavic variant of Janni, which is regarded as a di… | |
| Janny | f | Dutch | The name Janny has its roots in Dutch and represents a diminutive of Janna |
| Janone | f | Hungarian | The name has its roots in Hungarian |
| Janset | f | The name Janset is a rare girl's name whose origin is unclear | |
| Janthe | f | Greek | Janthe is known as a Flemish short form of Jolanthe, which is the German variant of the… |
| Jantien | f | Hebrew | The name Jantien originates from a Hebrew word combination |
| Jantiena | f | Hebrew | The name Jantiena derives from the Dutch pet forms Jantina and Jantine, which in turn c… |
| Jantila | f | Jantila is a girl's name whose origin is attributed to a Thai word composition | |
| Jantina | f | Hebrew | Jantina is a variation of the Dutch Jantine, which also has Hebrew roots and means 'God… |
| Jantine | f | Jantine is a female first name of Hebrew origin and means 'God is gracious' | |
| Januaria | f | Latin | The name Januaria is derived from the feminine form of the Latin Januarius |
| January | f | Latin | Originally, the first name January was given to newborns who were born in the month of … |
| Janyne | f | American | Janyne is considered a feminine form of Janine, which is a diminutive of Johanna, deriv… |
| Jaqlyn | f | Origin unknown | |
| Jaquelin | f | American | Jaquelin is considered an American variant of Jacqueline, which is a feminine form of t… |
| Jaquelina | f | Jaquelina is regarded as the Italian variant of Jacqueline, which in turn is a feminine… | |
| Jaqueline | f | Jaqueline is a modern English and German spelling of the French name Jacqueline, a femi… | |
| Jaqueline-Kathleen | f | There is currently no information available regarding the meaning | |
| Jaqulin | f | Jaqulin is considered an American variant of Jacqueline, which is the feminine form of … | |
| Jaquline | f | Danish | The name Jaquline is a short form of Jacqueline, which is regarded as the feminine vari… |
| Jara | f | The first name Jara is a Slovak and Czech feminine form of Jaro and also a short form o… | |
| Jara-Carlotta | f | Jara-Carlotta is a double name combining Jara ("the strong one") and Carlotta ("the fre… | |
| Jara-Elisa | f | Jara-Elisa is a double name combining Jara ("the strong one") and Elisa ("God is fullne… | |
| Jara-Juline | f | Jara-Juline is a double name combining Jara ("the strong one") and Juline ("the one ded… | |
| Jara-Lena | f | Jara-Lena is a double name combining Jara ("the strong one") and Lena ("the shining one") | |
| Jara-Ophelia | f | No information is currently available regarding the meanings of the name | |
| Jarah | f | Biblical | The name Jarah is of biblical origin and has Hebrew roots |
| Jare | f | Basque | Jare is a Basque name that can be translated into English as 'the Free' or 'the Unbound' |
| Jarelyn | f | The name Jarelyn may be derived from Jerelyn, which is considered a creative variant of… | |
| Jarielys | f | The origin of the word is unknown | |
| Jarika | f | American | Jarika is regarded as an American form of Jaroslava, which traces back to the ancient S… |
| Jarina | f | Portuguese | Jarina has two meanings: on one hand, the name means 'the spring harvest' in Czech, and… |
| Jarka | f | Polish | Jarka is a diminutive of Jaroslava and thus a female first name of Slavic origin |
| Jarla | f | Norse | Jarla is a feminine derivative of the Nordic name Jarl |
| Jarmila | f | Jarmila is mainly a Slovak and Czech short form of Jaromila, the female counterpart of … | |
| Jarna | f | Hebrew | The name Jarna is the feminine counterpart of the Finnish Jarno and the Swedish Jarne, … |
| Jaromira | f | Polish | Jaromira is a female form of the name Jaromir, which is prevalent in Poland, Serbia, an… |
| Jarste | f | The name Jarste has its roots in Old High German and is composed of elements, with 'ger… | |
| Jarunee | f | Jarunee is a modified form of the name Charuni (จารุณี) | |
| Jasamin | f | Jasamin is regarded as the Persian form of the first names Jasmin and Yasmin, which tra… | |
| Jasara | f | Arabic | Jasara represents a feminine spelling of the Arabic name Yasar |
| Jascha-Martina | f | The name Jascha-Martina is derived from Russian and means 'silk curtain' | |
| Jasemin | f | Persian | The name Jasemin is a modified form of the names Jasmin and Yasmin, which have their or… |
| Jasemina | f | Jasemina literally means "the blossom of the jasmine flower" or "the fragrant flower." … | |
| Jasenka | f | Jasenka is a Croatian diminutive of Jasen, which is a variant of the name Jason, rooted… | |
| Jashan | f | Jashan is a feminine first name whose meaning comes from Hindi | |
| Jashmini | f | Arabic | Jashmini |
| Jasika | f | American | Jasika, a female first name, originates from Serbian-Croatian and translates to "the as… |