Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Annet isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1954. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Annet through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 240
- 0 boys · 240 girls
- Most popular year
- 2003
- 17 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2020. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 679 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.
Annet’s family of names
Annet may belong to the same name family as ANET. This is a tentative spelling connection.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Annet
- Annet MahendruAmerican actressborn 1985
- Annet de Clermont-GessantGrand Master of the Knights Hospitaller1587–1660
- Annet ArtaniAmerican singerborn 1976
- Annet MalherbeDutch actress (born 1957)
- Annet Nakawunde Mulindwabusinesswoman and corporate executive in Ugandaborn 1960
- Annet NegesaUgandan middle distance runnerborn 1992
- Annet NyakechoUgandan politicianborn 1982
- Annet NieuwenhuyzenDutch actress (1930-2016)
- Annet SchaapDutch writer and illustrator (born 1965)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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