Given name & surname
Anette
Anette is a feminine given name from Swedish. It is used in Swedish, Danish, Finnish, and Norwegian.
Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1911. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Anette through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,728
- 0 boys · 2,728 girls
- Most popular year
- 2003
- 113 babies
- 2025
- 12
- #8,407 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −8%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 12 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 8,407 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 8.3% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 113 in 2003. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,292 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Anette’s family of names
In Swedish usage, Anette has a diminutive in Nettan. In Danish usage, Anette has a related form in Annette. In Finnish usage, Anette has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form Aneta.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Anette has relatives in 6 languages. Lines run from its Swedish roots to each of them.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 22
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Anette
- Anette OlzonSwedish singerborn 1971
- Anette NorbergSwedish female curlerborn 1966
- Anette BøeNorwegian sportswomanborn 1957
- Anette SagenNorwegian ski jumperborn 1985
- Anette HoffmannDanish handball playerborn 1971
- Anette TrettebergstuenNorwegian politicianborn 1981
- Anette RückesGerman sprinterborn 1951
- Anette StøvelbækDanish actressborn 1967
- Anette HoffNorwegian actressborn 1961
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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