Janie is a feminine given name, often a diminutive form of the
Jane
Jane may refer to:
* Jane (given name), a feminine given name
* Jane (surname), related to the given name
Film and television
* ''Jane'' (1915 film), a silent comedy film directed by Frank Lloyd
* ''Jane'' (2016 film), a South Korean drama fil ...
,
Janie
behindthename.com and a nickname. It may refer to:
People
* Janie Porter Barrett
Janie Porter Barrett (''née'' Porter; August 9, 1865 – August 27, 1948) was an American social reformer, educator and welfare worker. She established the Virginia Industrial School for Colored Girls, a pioneering rehabilitation center for Af ...
(1865–1948), American social reformer, educator and welfare worker
* Janie Bradford (born 1939), American songwriter
* Katherine Jane Bryant
Katherine Jane Bryant, known professionally as Janie Bryant, is an American television costume designer. Her two most notable works are the HBO Western series '' Deadwood'', for which she was awarded the Emmy Award for Outstanding Costumes for a ...
(born 1974), American television costume designer known professionally as Janie Bryant
* Janie Dee (born 1962), English actress and singer
* Janie Finlay, Australian politician
* Janie Fricke (born 1947), American country music singer
* Janie Lou Gibbs
Janie Lou Gibbs (née Hickox; December 25, 1932 – February 7, 2010) was an American serial killer from Cordele, Georgia, who killed her three sons, a grandson, and her husband, by poisoning them with arsenic in 1966 and 1967.
Background
Gi ...
(1932–2010), American serial killer
* Janie Jones
Marion Mitchell (born 1941 in Seaham, County Durham), better known by her stage name Janie Jones, is a former English singer. She became renowned for holding sex parties at her home during the 1970s, and was jailed for her involvement in 'contro ...
, stage name of English singer Marion Mitchell (born 1941)
* Janie Marèse
Janie Marèse (born Jeanne Marie Thérèse Bugnot, 23 May 1908 in Chartres, Eure-et-Loir - 14 August 1931 in Sainte-Maxime, Var) was a French actress who appeared in four shorts and three feature-length films, most notably Jean Renoir's second s ...
(1908–1931), French film actress born Jeanne Marie Thérèse Bugnot
* Jane Janie Sell (born 1941), American actress
* Janie Taylor, American ballet dancer, former New York City Ballet principal dancer
* Janie Shores (born 1932), American retired judge, first woman judge on the Supreme Court of Alabama
* Janie Tienphosuwan (born 1981), Thai actress and model
* Janie Tsao (born Wu Chien in 1953), Taiwanese-born American entrepreneur and hardware engineer, co-founder of Linksys
* Elizabeth Jane Janie Wagstaff (born 1974), American former swimmer
* Janie Ward-Engelking (fl. 2012–present), American politician
Fictional characters
* Janie Johnson, the protagonist of the Janie Johnson series of young adult novels
* Janie Mae Crawford, the protagonist of Their Eyes Were Watching God
See also
*
* Jean (disambiguation)
* Jeannie (disambiguation)
* Jeanine
References
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English feminine given names
Hypocorisms