Baby name
FADING
🇬🇧 🇺🇸 🇦🇺 Janelle
/jah · NEL/
Meaning
“God is gracious”
Modern English name, an elaboration of Jane with the French -elle suffix; Jane derives from Hebrew Yochanan (God is gracious). Popular in the US from the 1950s onward.
Nicknames
jan · nell
Vibe
warm
How it ages.
Peaked in the 1970s-80s US - feels like a specific era without being fully vintage.
The cultural moment.
Common in the US from the 1960s-1980s; declining for newborns since.