Jannah — Name Meaning in Islam

Root: ج-ن-ن (j-n-n), "to cover, to conceal, to screen from sight". Janna is the noun: a garden so densely planted that its foliage hides the ground beneath it. The word is not a general term for any garden — it carries thickness and shade in it. In the Qur'an it is the standard word for Paradise, always with that image of covering greenery behind it.

From the same root: jinn (the unseen beings, hidden from human sight), janīn (an unborn child, concealed in the womb), junna (a shield, what covers a fighter), majnūn (one whose reason is veiled), jannān and jinān (gardens, the plural), ajanna (to hide). The Qur'an describes gardens beneath which rivers flow in dozens of places, and in al-Anʿam 6:76 uses the verb janna of night covering Ibrahim.

Spellings: Jannah, Janna, Jannat, Cennet (Turkish, a very common given name), Jannah (Indonesian), Jannat (Urdu, often Jannat or Jannatul), Djenna or Jenna (French/Maghrebi), جنة.

Pronunciation: JAN-nah — stress on the first syllable, with the n doubled and genuinely held, which is what separates it from jana. The final h is the tāʾ marbūṭa and is usually silent.

Masculine counterpart: none in common use.