Janita
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Origin of the name Jane:
English cognate of the French Jehanne and Jeanne, which are feminine forms of Jean, a cognate of John (God is gracious). Jane, a perennially popular name, was the name of the central character in Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre (1847).
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Janita is a pet form of Jane used in Dutch, Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish and Danish.
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Janita Maria Ervi, better known as Janita, is a Finnish jazz, soul, and R&B singer–songwriter.
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