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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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From then on, Janie says, it was clear that her husband's next stop would be Mexico.

From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026

A few days later, Janie moved to Mexico with her two daughters.

From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026

“I had no inkling that it was Janie, none, even though she had told me weeks later, that she did it and blah, blah, blah,” Ortiz told me.

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

Bat started combing at the bottom, the way Janie had taught him, so he wouldn’t pull her hair.

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