Girls' Names


Name (Pronunciation)	Origin	Meaning
Jaala	Hebrew	Divine surprise
Jabulani	Unknown	Happy
Jacinta (also Jace, Jacinda, Jacinthe)	Spanish (from Hyacinth)	Flower
Jackie/Jaclyn		see Jacqueline
Jacoba (also Jaime, Jaimie, Jamesa, Jamese, Jami, Jamie, Jayla, Jayme, Jimi, Jimmie)	Hebrew	Deceiver
Jacqueline (also Jackie, Jaclyn, Jacquelyn, Jacquetta, Jacqui, Jaqueline, Jaquelyn)	French (from John)	God is gracious
Jacy	Native American	The moon
Jade (also Jada)	English	Precious stone
Jaden (also Jaiden, Jayden)	Hebrew	Thankful
Jadwiga (also Jadwige, Jadzia)	Polish (from Hedwig)	Battling
Jael (also Jayel)	Hebrew	Female goat
Jaffe (also Jafit)	Hebrew	Beautiful
Jahazel	Unknown	Combination of Ja and Hazel
Jai	Thai	Heart
Jaiden		see Jaden
Jaime/Jaimie		see Jacoba
Jala	Arabic	Charity
Jalene	Unknown	Combination of James and Lenore
Jalila	Arabic	Great
Jamaica	Spanish	Caribbean island
Jamal	Arabic	Beauty
Jamesa/Jamese		see Jacoba
Jami/Jamie		see Jacoba
Jamila (also Jamilah)	Arabic	Beautiful
Jan/Jana/Janae/Janai		see Jane
Jancy	Unknown (from Yancy)	Englishman
Jane (also Jan, Jana, Janae, Janai, Janel,Janele, Janelis, Janelle, Janet, Janette, Jania, Janiah, Janice, Janie, Janina, Janine, Janis, Janne, Jannike, Jasa, Jayne, Jean, Jeanelle, Jeanette, Jeanine, Jeanne, Jeannie, Jeannine, Jensine)	French (from John)	God is gracious
Janna (also Jannah)	Hebrew	Flourishing
Janne		see Jane
Jannike		see Jane
Jaqueline/Jaquelyn		see Jacqueline
Jara	Slavic (from Gertrude)	Spear of strength
Jarah	Hebrew	Sweet as honey
Jardena	Hebrew	To flow downward
Jarmila	Czech	Great spring
Jaron	Hebrew	To sing
Jasa	Polish	see Jane
Jasalynn		Combination of Jasa and Lynn
Jasmine (also Jasmin, Jazlyn, Jazlynn, Jazmin, Jazmine, Jazz, Jazzy, Jessamine)	Persian	Fragrant flower
Jaurene	Unknown	Unknown
Javan	Latin	Angel of Greece
Jawahir	Arabic	Jewels
Jayden		see Jaden
Jayel		see Jael
Jayla		see Jacoba
Jayme		see Jacoba
Jayne		see Jane
Jazel	Unknown (from Hazel)	Light brown
Jazlyn/Jazlynn		see Jasmine
Jazmin/Jazmine/Jazz/Jazzy		see Jasmine
Jealexiz	Unknown (from Alexis)	Protector of mankind
Jean	Medieval	see Jane
Jeanelle/Jeanette/Jeanine		see Jane
Jeanne	French	see Jane
Jeannie/Jeannine		see Jane
Jecoliah	Hebrew	Unknown
Jehoaddin	Hebrew	Unknown
Jehosheba	Hebrew	Unknown
Jekaterina	Russian (from Katherine)	Pure
Jelena	Russian	Shining light
Jemimah (also Jemima)	Hebrew	Dove
Jemma	Italian (from Gemma)	Precious stone
Jen		see Jennifer
Jena (also Jenna)	Arabic	Small bird
Jenelle (also Jennelle)		Combination of Jenny and Nell
Jeni/Jenifari		see Jennifer
Jenn		see Jennifer
Jenna		see Jena
Jennelle		see Jenelle
Jennessa		Combination of Jenny and Vanessa
Jennifer (also Jen, Jeni, Jenifari, Jenn, Jenni, Jennie, Jennika, Jenny)	Cornish (from Guinevere)	Fair
Jensine		see Jane
Jeri (also Jerica)	Teutonic (from Geraldine)	Rules with a spear
Jerioth	Hebrew	Unknown
Jerusha	Hebrew	Possession
Jess		see Jessica
Jessalyn		Combination of Jessica and Lyn
Jessamine	French	see Jasmine
Jessenia	Arabic	Flower
Jessica (also Jess, Jessie)	Hebrew	God beholds
Jette	Dutch	Black as coal
Jeunesse	French	Youth
Jewel (also Jewell, Jewl, Jewlana)	English	Precious stone
Jewelysa		see Julie
Jewl/Jewlana		see Jewel
Jezebel	Hebrew	Wicked
Jiana (also Jianna)	Unknown	God's grace
Jiang	Chinese	River
Jianna		see Jiana
Jillian (also Jill)	Teutonic (from Gillian)	Downy haired
Jimena	Medieval (from Simone)	One who hears
Jimi/Jimmie		see Jacoba
Jin	Chinese	Elegant
Jina	Swahili	Name
Jing	Chinese	Essence
Jinx	Latan	A charm
Jira	African	Blood relation
Joan (also Jo, Joann, Joanna, Joanne, Joetta, Johanna, Jonelle, Jonette, Joni, Jonie, Jonna, Juana, Juanita)	Hebrew (from John)	God is gracious
Joandra		Combination of Joanne and Andrea
Joann/Joanna/Joanne		see Joan
Jobina	Unknown (from Job)	Persecuted
Jocasta	Greek	Cheerful
Jocelyn (also Joceline, Joscelin, Joselyn, Joslyn)	Teutonic	The Gauts (German tribe)
Jochebed	Hebrew	Unknown
Jocosa (also Jocose)	Latin	Gleeful
Jodi/Jodie/Jody/Jodye		see Judith
Joelle (also Joellianne)	French (from Joel)	Jehovah is God
Joeta		see Joan
Johanna		see Joan
Joi		see Joy
Joia	Latin	Merry
Joie		see Joy
Jolanda (also Jolan, Jolanta)	Italian (from Yolanda)	Violet
Jolene		see Josephine
Jolie (also Jola)	French	Pretty
Jolina/Joline		see Josephine
Jonelle/Jonette		see Joan
Joni/Jonie		see Joan
Jonina	Hebrew	Dove
Jonna	Danish	see Joan
Jora	Hebrew	Autumn rain
Jordan (also Jordane, Jordyn, Jorie)	Hebrew	Flowing down
Joscelin/Joselyn		see Jocelyn
Josephine (also Jolene, Jolina, Joline, Josee, Josefa, Josefina, Josette, Josianne, Josie)	French (from Joseph)	May he add
Joslyn		see Jocelyn
Journey	English	Travelling
Jovana (also Jovianne)	Latin	Majestic
Jovita	Latin	Happy
Joy (also Joi, Joie)	English	Delight
Joyce	Norman	Lord
Joylyn	Unknown	Joyful one
Juana	Spanish	see Joan
Juandalynn	Unknown (from Gwendoline)	White ring
Juanita	Spanish	see Joan
Judith (also Jodi, Jodie, Jody, Jodye, Judit, Judita, Judy, Judyta, Jutta)	Hebrew	Praise
Juji	African	Heap of love
Julie (also Jewelysa, Juli, Julia, Juliana, Juliane, Julianna, Julianne, Juliet, Julieta, Juliette, Julisa, Julissa, Julliatte, July)	Latin	Downy haired
Julinka	Unknown	Youthful
Julisa		see Julie
Julisha	Unknown	To make known
Julissa/Juliatte/July		see Julie
Jumana (also Jumanah)	Arabic	Silver pearl
Jun	Chinese	Truth
June	English	The sixth month
Jung	Korean	Affection
Juniper	Unknown	Tree
Junko	Japanese	Obedient child
Juno	Latin	Queen of heaven
Justine (also Justice, Justina, Justise, Justyn)	Latin	Just
Jutta	Germanic	see Judith
Juvela	Esperanto	Jewel-like
Juventas	Latin	Youth
Jyoti	Sanskrit	Light
Jyotsana (also Jyotsna)	Sanskrit	Moonlight