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Jeanie

Jeanie: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“God is gracious”
Origin
English
Say it
JEE-nee · 2 syllables
Used for
Girls

Diminutive of Jean or Jeanne. Through those forms it comes from John, ultimately from Hebrew meaning 'Yahweh is gracious'.

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How popular is Jeanie?

20244.8 per million US babies
1880192019602000
Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Jeanie in 202416

Peak year1949

Total US babies since 188017,126

Jeanie is steady now but far below its 1949 peak.

Names like Jeanie

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Oliviaolive tree · English
  • Evelyndesired; little bird · English
  • Harperharp player · English
  • Violetviolet flower · English
  • Hazelhazel tree · English
  • Ellieshort form of names ending in -el or -ella · English
  • Lilylily flower · English
  • Scarlettscarlet, bright red · English

Jeanie questions

What does the name Jeanie mean?

Jeanie means "God is gracious". It comes from English. Diminutive of Jean or Jeanne. Through those forms it comes from John, ultimately from Hebrew meaning 'Yahweh is gracious'.

Is Jeanie a boy or girl name?

Jeanie is mainly a girl's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Jeanie?

16 US babies were named Jeanie in 2024. Its peak year was 1949.

How do you pronounce Jeanie?

Jeanie is usually pronounced JEE-nee.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.