girl's name
Jannah
JAN-nah
- Origin Arabic
- Gender Girl
- Letters 6
- Popularity Uncommon
- Births on record 8,271
France
#67
2025 births
Jannah is a girl's name of Arabic origin meaning "garden" or "paradise," the word used throughout the Quran for the afterlife. It ranks sixty-seventh in France and 477th in England and Wales, and is rising in both.
- Jannah is a name of Arabic origin.
- Peaked in France in 2025, when 690 babies were given the name.
- It has been rising over the past decade in France.
- Today about 1 in 854 babies in France is given this name.
- First appears in birth records in 2004.
Jannah over time
Births per decade in France, 2000s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.
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| Decade | Births |
|---|---|
| 2000s | 35 |
| 2010s | 1,095 |
| 2020s (to 2025) | 2,985 |
What Jannah means
Jannah means garden, and by extension paradise. The Arabic root j-n-n carries a sense of concealment, and a jannah is properly a garden whose foliage hides the ground, which is how the word came to name the hidden world of the afterlife.
Where Jannah comes from
Jannah comes from the Arabic jannah, a garden, from a root meaning to cover or conceal. In the Quran it is the standard term for paradise, described repeatedly as gardens beneath which rivers flow, and the same root gives jinn, the hidden beings, and majnun, one whose reason is concealed. The name is therefore drawn from religious vocabulary rather than from any person, which puts it in the same class as Nour and Naïm. Some reference sites give it as a variant of Jana or Johanna, meaning God is gracious; that is a separate Hebrew-derived name that happens to resemble it, and the two are unrelated.
Jannah in use
Jannah ranks sixty-seventh in France with about 690 births in 2025 and its peak in our records is 2024. It has real British presence at 477 in England and Wales and appears in Ireland, so unlike most French names at this level it has traveled with its community rather than staying put. Our data carries it from 1970.
How popular is Jannah?
In 2025, Jannah was given to 690 babies in France, ranking #67 that year. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.
Where Jannah is used
French counts are rounded to the nearest five and nothing below five is published, so these figures show the shape of the name's use rather than an exact tally. Data & sources.
Names that peaked alongside Jannah
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Jannah also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Jannah over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
1 nickname for Jannah
Each one is a name in its own right — the figure underneath is how it is doing today, so you can see which short forms are rising and which have faded.
Jannah in other languages
The same name as it is spelled elsewhere — not shortenings, and not different names that merely sound alike. Each one has its own record here.
Sibling names for Jannah
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Jannah — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Jannah
What does the name Jannah mean?
Jannah means "garden" or "paradise," from the Arabic jannah.
Is Jannah a religious name?
Yes. It is the word used throughout the Quran for the afterlife, described as gardens beneath which rivers flow.
Is Jannah the same as Jana?
No. Jana is a separate Hebrew-derived name meaning God is gracious; the resemblance is coincidental.
How popular is Jannah?
Sixty-seventh in France and 477th in England and Wales.
Is Jannah a girl's or a boy's name?
Jannah is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.
What are the nicknames for Jannah?
Jannah is usually shortened to Jan.
Is Jannah a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Jannah currently ranks #67 in France. It has been rising over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.