Given name & surname
Janette
“God is gracious”
Janette is a variant of Janet. In Scottish use, Janet carries the interpretation “God is gracious.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Janette is a variant of Janet. In Scottish use, Janet carries the interpretation “God is gracious.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Janette through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 32,214
- 42 boys · 32,172 girls
- Most popular year
- 1953
- 699 babies
- 2025
- 25
- #5,150 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −19%
- Easing
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 25 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 5,150 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 19.0% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 699 in 1953. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (6). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 26,925 as a first name in 2020; 148 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.
Janette’s family of names
In English usage, Janette has a diminutive in Jaz. In English usage, Janette has a related form in Janet. Janette is a version of Janet.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 14
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Janette
- Janette HusárováSlovak female tennis playerborn 1974
- JeanetteSpanish singerborn 1951
- Janette ScottFilm actressborn 1938
- Janette HarginSwedish alpine skierborn 1977
- Janette DeaconSouth African archaeologistborn 1939
- Janette RauchSwiss actressborn 1962
- Janette OkeCanadian writerborn 1935
- Janette TredreaAustralian cricketerborn 1956
- Janette BertrandCanadian journalist, actor, educator and writer (born 1925)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Appears in
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