American
0% Masculine / 100% Feminine
Janissa means 'gracious honey bee'.
Janissa is a feminine name of American origin. It is derived from the combination of the names Jan and Melissa. Jan is a short form of the name Janet, which means 'God is gracious' in Hebrew. Melissa is of Greek origin and means 'honey bee'. Together, Janissa can be interpreted as 'gracious honey bee'.
The popularity for the name Janissa peaked in popularity in the year 1994 with 27 births, which ranked number 6,575 out of 23,844 unique names for that year. Janissa had the most female births in 1994 with 27, which ranked number 3,892 out of 15,754 female names for that year. The number of births for the name Janissa has declined sharply over the last ten years from 15 births to 0 births, a decline of -100.00%. Among females, Janissa has declined sharply in popularity over the last ten years from 15 births to 0 births, a decline of -100.00%.
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