Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Annett 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 1915. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Annett through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,119
- 0 boys · 1,119 girls
- Most popular year
- 1960
- 40 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 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 40 in 1960. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,229 as a first name in 2020; 744 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Annett’s family of names
Annett may belong to the same name family as ANETT. This is a tentative spelling connection.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 19
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Annett
- Annett BöhmGerman Judoka (born 1980)
- Annett LouisanGerman singerborn 1977
- Annett NeumannGerman cyclistborn 1970
- Annett RennebergGerman actressborn 1978
- Annett KaufmannGerman table tennis playerborn 2006
- Annett DavisAmerican beach volleyball playerborn 1973
- Annett HesselbarthGerman sprinterborn 1966
- Annett GammOlympic diverborn 1977
- Annett FleischerGerman actress and television presenterborn 1979
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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