# Janes

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #50,013

## Definitions
1. plural of Jane

## Etymology
* As a southern English surname, variant of Jane; compare Jayne.
* As a Slovene and Serbo-Croatian surname, from Janeš, variant of Janež, ultimately a derivative of Latin Johannes (English John). Also from the noun janež (“anise”). Compare Yanes.
* As a Czech surname, from Janeš, a pet form of the name Jan (and thus also related to Latin Johannes).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/janes