Janina
[jəˈniːnə]Meaning
Latinate form of Jeannine
Background Story
Janina is a Latinate form of Jeannine. Its variants include Janika, Jana and Janna, with Janka and Jannike as diminutives. The name is recorded as Slavic, and as Russian, Polish and Czech; the Finnish form derives from the Polish Janina.
Variations
Jana, Janette, Janice
Related Names
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Portuguese and Catalan form of Iohanna (see Joanna)
Jonna
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Adalia
Biblical Hebrew name of unknown meaning, possibly Persian
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