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Janie

American  
[jey-nee] / ˈdʒeɪ ni /
Or Janey

noun

  1. a female given name, form of Jane.


Example Sentences

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At that moment, Janie - whose maiden name is Hughes - understood her life would change forever.

From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026

"We started praying," Janie recalls, while in the background she heard the immigration agents arresting him.

From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026

One week before his visit, the students emailed him a list of 35 questions that largely circled around Janie Hatley, the Arlington waitress who’d dated Ortiz.

From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026

Through her defense attorneys, Hatley—who changed her name to Janie Perkins after she got married in 1995—said she is innocent of the allegations.

From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026

“Good-bye,” he said to Janie without taking his eyes off the baby skunk’s tiny face.

From "A Boy Called Bat" by Elana K. Arnold

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