Given name & surname
Jeannette
Jeannette is used as a given name and a surname. Jeannette is connected with Jeanne.
Original FrenchJeanette
Meaning & origin
How it developed
In French use, Jeannette is used as a diminutive of Jeanne.
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
Jeannette through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 69,300
- 49 boys · 69,251 girls
- Most popular year
- 1917
- 1,113 babies
- 2025
- 24
- #5,309 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −30%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 24 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 5,309 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 29.9% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 1,113 in 1917. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 37,909 as a first name in 2020; 419 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.
Jeannette’s family of names
In French usage, Jeannette is a diminutive of Jeanne. In English usage, Jeannette shares an earlier linguistic root with Janet. In Danish usage, Jeannette has a related form in Jeanette.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Jeannette has relatives in 19 languages. Lines run from its French roots to each of them.
Nicknames & forms 8
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 38
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Jessiedoublet · English
- Jennadoublet · English
- Janelledoublet · English
- Jennydoublet · English
- Ivankadoublet · English
- Joaniedoublet · English
- Juanitadoublet · English, Spanish
- Janetdoublet · English
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- Vannadoublet · English
- Jodydoublet · English
- Jandoublet · English
- Janeydoublet · English
- Jodoublet · English
- Janinedoublet · English
- Jeaniedoublet · English
- Sineaddoublet · English
- Jeanninedoublet · English
- Shanaedoublet · English
- Jendoublet · English
- GianettaItalian
- JinetteEnglish
- JenetteEnglish
- JeannettEnglish
- JeanneteEnglish
- JeaneteEnglish
- JannetteEnglish
- GinetteEnglish
- Djanetecognate · Walloon
- ŻanetaPolish
- Sionedderivative · Welsh
- Žaneteborrowing · Latvian, Lithuanian
- Žanetaderivative · Slovak, Czech
- Gianettiequivalent
- JoanetaOccitan
- ZsannettHungarian
- ZsanettHungarian
- SinéadIrish
- SìneagScottish Gaelic
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Jeannette
- Jeannette RankinAmerican congresswoman for Montana (1880-1973)
- Jeannette AltweggBritish figure skater1930–2021
- Jeannette CampbellArgentine swimmer (1916–2003)
- Ja'Net DuBoisAmerican actress (1932–2020)
- Jeannette WallsAmerican writer and journalistborn 1960
- Jeannette KagameFirst Lady of Rwandaborn 1962
- Jeannette JaraChilean public administrator, lawyer, and politician from the Communist Partyborn 1974
- Jeannette KawasEnvironmental activist (1946-1995)
- Jeannette WingAmerican computer scientistborn 1956
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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