Entry № 2640 · Yoruba origin

Janaina Janaina — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ zhah-nah-EE-nah /

Gender

Girl

Origin

Yoruba

Meaning

"Sea goddess"

Syllables

Rank · US 2025

№ 0

First recorded

Modern (Yoruba)

The meaning

A name that means "sea goddess".

Janaína is the Brazilian Portuguese form of the Yoruba sea goddess Yemanjá (Iemanjá) — venerated in the Afro-Brazilian Candomblé religion. February 2nd is her annual festival on the beach in Bahia.

Janaina is widely used in Brazil.

Sea goddess. The Brazilian Yemanjá.

In its original form

The name in its native script.

Janaina

Transliteration: Janaina
Pronunciation: / ʒəˈnaɪ.nə /
Root: —
Grammatical form: —

Popularity

Where Janaina stands.

Current rank · 2025

№ 0 in the U.S.

All-time peak

№ 0 in 0

Babies named Janaina · last year

87 in the U.S.

First entered SSA top-1000

Rank, 1995–2025 Lower = more popular

Namesakes

Janainas before her.

Real people

Janaina Tschäpe

German-Brazilian artist.

born 1973

In fiction

Janaína

Brazilian Yemanjá.

Candomblé tradition

Names connected to Janaina.

Numerology

The number behind Janaina.

The Free Spirit

Janaina reduces to five — the number of Afro-Brazilian sea.

Parents on Janaina

Why families chose this name.

"The Brazilian sea goddess. Seven letters. Janaína."

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