Janek \j(a)-nek\ as a boy's name is a variant of Jan (Danish, Slavic, Hebrew), Janak (Hindi) and John (Hebrew), and the meaning of Janek is "God is gracious".

The baby name Janek sounds like Janko, Angy, Ange, Enock, Ignac, Inge, Ingo, Yannick and Yannic. Other similar baby names are Danek, Jarek and Vanek.