Jeanette (given name)

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Jeanette (or Jeannette or Jeanetta) is a female name, a diminutive form of the name Jeanne. Other variations are Janette and Janet. The name is derived from the Hebrew "God is gracious".

Notable people

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• Jeanette (singer) (born 1951), Spanish singer
• Jeannette Armstrong (born 1948), Canadian author
• Jeanetta Arnette (born 1954), American actress
• Janette Beckman, English photographer
• Jeanette Biedermann (born 1981), German singer-songwriter and actress
• Jeanette Dyrkjær (1963–2011), Danish nude model and adult actress
• Jeanette Granberg (1825–1857), Swedish playwright
• Jeannette Lee (Rough Trade), former member of Public Image Ltd; co-owner of Rough Trade Records
• Jeannette H. Lee, founder of Sytel, Inc.
• Jeanette Lee (pool player) (born 1971), American pocket billiards player
• Jeanette MacDonald (1903–1965), American actress and singer
• Jennette McCurdy (born 1992), American actress
• Janette Oke (born 1935), Canadian author
• Jeannette Rankin (1880–1973), American social worker, first woman elected to the United States Congress
• Jeannette Walls (born 1960), American writer
• Jeanette Wässelius (1784–1853), Swedish opera singer
• Jeanette Winterson (born 1959), British novelist

Fictional characters

• Jeanette Miller, a member of the Chipettes, a fictional singing group of chipmunks
• Jeannette (comics), a fictional banshee in the DC Comics Universe

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