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Conference oass::babynames

Title:A list of All the BABYNAMES (shadow copy)
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Moderator:OASS::BURDEN_D
Created:Tue Feb 13 1996
Last Modified:Fri May 30 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:996
Total number of notes:7139

28.0. "Janet" by 16448::JBADER (hugs....not drugs) Wed Jul 30 1986 17:32

    The Greek meaning is "God's gracious gift". Another story I was
    told is that Janet is a derivitive of Janus. Janus is also known
    as the two-faced God who was very fickle, but when he truely fell
    in love, he was forever faithful.
    
    -but-I-prefer-to-be-called-sunny-
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28.1Hmm, that's peculiar...15521::ROBERTDeath to the cowards of Tesh!Fri Aug 01 1986 20:345
    I am a bit curious about your derivation of Janet from Greek, as
    Greek has no J or J-sound.  Could you explain it more fully for
    us aspiring polyglots (polyglotti)?
    
    Is Janet related to Jeannette (Jeanne, Jean, John, ad infinitum)?
28.2Well, I have been known to be wrong at least once or twice befo16448::JBADERhugs....not drugsSat Aug 02 1986 20:4213
    Sure...no problem.
    
    On my keychain it says: Janet
                             Gk
                    "God's gracious gift"
    I thought the Gk meant Greek. I am obviously incorrect, however,
    I do believe that Janus was a Greek god and his name also begins
    with "J".
    
    Janet is a diminuative of Jane which is a variation of Joan which
    is the feminine of John. The French use Jeanne and I think in Italy
    they use Giovanna.
                                 -sunny-
28.3How the Greeks faked a J3157::SHARPSay something once, why say it again?Wed Aug 06 1986 13:096
The ancient Greeks and Romans used I as J. To them the two-faced god was
Ianus. There's no way to know whether they pronounced it hard or soft, i.e.
whether they said Janus or Yanus. 

Don
(winner of the Bowman Latin Prize in high school.)
28.4Hebrew, yet. Oy vey.15521::ROBERTIn search of orange jelly babiesFri Aug 22 1986 20:345
    Hi, sunny,
    Not to run this topic into the ground, but...
    I looked up Janet in a book (don't ask which one, I don't know!)
    and it said it was Hebrew, meaning something like God's gracious
    gift (what you said).  So hey, a name without a country.