Janet (given name)
| Janet |
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| Pronunciation |
// JAN-it |
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| Gender |
Female |
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| Origin |
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| Word/name |
Scots |
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| Meaning |
"Little Joan" |
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| Other names |
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| Related names |
Jeanette, Jane, Juanita, Jeanne, Janeth |
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Janet is a female given name meaning "Little Joan". It is a variation of the French proper noun Jeannette, Spanish proper noun Juanita, Russian Жанет (Zhanet) and Hungarian Zsanett and is the diminutive of Jeanne or Jane.
List of people with the given name Janet
- Janet Carr, Australian television producer
- Janet Ellis (born 1955), British television presenter
- Janet Evans, American Olympic Champion swimmer
- Janet Gaynor, American actress
- Janette Husárová, Slovakian tennis player
- Janet Jackson, American pop and R&B singer/songwriter/icon
- Janet Jagan, Prime Minister of Guyana 1997, President of Guyana 1997–1999
- Janet Lee Bouvier, US socialite, mother of the First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy
- Janet Leigh, American actress
- Janet Lennon, American singer
- Janet Lynn, American figure skater
- Janet Margolin (1943-1993), American actress
- Janet Maslin, American journalist
- Janet Napolitano, American politician
- Janet Meakin Poor, American landscape designer
- Janet Reno, former Attorney General of the United States
- Janet Street-Porter, British media personality
- Janet Waldo, American actress and voice-over artist
- Janet C. Wolfenbarger, lieutenant general and highest-ranking woman in the United States Air Force
- Janet Wright, Canadian actress and theater director
- Janet Yellen, American economist and Federal Reserve Chair
Fictional characters with the given name Janet