Jeanette (given name)
| Jeanette |
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| Pronunciation |
// jə-NET |
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| Gender |
Female |
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| Origin |
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| Meaning |
God is gracious |
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| Region of origin |
French |
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| Other names |
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| Related names |
Jeanne, Janette, Janet, Jane, Jean, Jennette, Sinéad, Žaneta |
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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
- 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
- Jeannette Bougrab, French lawyer and politician.
- Jeanette Dyrkjær (1963–2011), Danish nude model and adult actress
- Jeanette Granberg (1825–1857), Swedish playwright
- Jeannette Gadson (1945–2007), New York politician
- Jeannette Lee (disambiguation), several people named Jeanette or Jeannette
- 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