How to write “Janelle” in Korean
저넬 jeo-nel
What Korean friends call you
- 저넬아 jeo-ne-ra — a friend calling out to you (never to someone older)
- 저넬 씨 jeo-nel-ssi — polite: someone you just met, or at work
Calling someone, Koreans add 아 after a final consonant and 야 after a vowel.
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Korean spellings of Janelle
Well-known people named Janelle, as Wikidata writes them in Korean (November 2026):
- Janelle Monáe — 저넬 모네이
- Janelle James — 저넬 제임스
- Janelle Kidman — 저넬 키드먼
50,719 babies were named Janelle in the US from 1960 to 2025, the 826th most common name.
Block by block
- 저 = ㅈ + ㅓ · 4 strokes
Also in 저: Benjamin 벤저민 · Isabella 이저벨라 · Justin 저스틴
- 넬 = ㄴ + ㅔ + ㄹ · 7 strokes
Also in 넬: Penelope 페넬로페 · Nelson 넬슨
저넬 takes 11 strokes in all.
More names: Adeline 아들린 · Alaina 알레이나 · Julianna 줄리아나 · Tim 팀 · Ross 로스
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