Janna Lee as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Janna Lee

What is the meaning of the name Janna Lee ?

The baby name Janna Lee is a Female name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced /ˈdʒænə liː/ (JAN-ə LEE).

Janna Lee is in Origin.

Janna Lee combines a Northern European short form of Johanna with an English surname-name. Janna stems from the Hebrew Yôḥānān (“Yahweh is gracious”), traveling through Greek and Latin into forms like Johanna, Jana, and Jeanne; in Dutch, German, and Scandinavian usage Janna functions as an independent feminine given name. The spelling also brushes against Arabic jannah (“garden, paradise”), though that link is etymologically separate.

Lee descends from Old English lēah, “meadow, woodland clearing,” later adopted across the Anglophone world as a unisex given name and popular middle. As a double name, Janna Lee fits the mid‑20th‑century American fashion for paired firsts, especially in the South, and appears today with hyphenation. Common variants include Janna-Lee, Janna Leigh, Jana Lee, and Janna Lea; related roots connect it to Johanna, Jane, and Gianna. Composite meanings such as “God is gracious in the meadow” or “gracious garden” are sometimes inferred.

⚙ Janna Lee does not appear in any of the birth registries or name datasets we track. This usually means it's either extremely rare, a regional/traditional name not captured by official statistics, or a brand-new coinage. Use it knowing your child will almost certainly be the only one in the room.