Janes Family History
Janes Name Meaning
English (southern): variant of Jane with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s (see Jayne ). Slovenian and Croatian (of Slovenian origin) (Janeš): variant of Slovenian Janež from an old equivalent of the Latin personal name Johannes (see John ) or a topographic name or metonymic occupational name from janež ‘anise’. Compare Yanes . Czech (Janeš Jáneš): from a pet form of the personal name Jan .
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022