She is named after a character in one of Sridevi’s films
The Bollywood movie ‘Judaai’– which featured Sridevi, Urmila Matondkar, and Anil Kapoor– was released in 1997. As per reports, Boney and Sridevi liked the name Janhvi, which was Urmila Matondkar’s character’s name in the film so much that they named their elder daughter so. Janhvi was born on March 7, 1997 in Mumbai.