Given name
Jeannie
“God is gracious”
In English use, Jeannie is a diminutive of Jean. In French use, Jean carries the interpretation “God is gracious.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In English use, Jeannie is a diminutive of Jean. In French use, Jean carries the interpretation “God is gracious.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Jeannie is a diminutive of Jean. Jean comes from French, and ultimately from Hebrew.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In English usage, Jeannie is a diminutive of Jean.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1882. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Jeannie through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 36,170
- 55 boys · 36,115 girls
- Most popular year
- 1957
- 1,430 babies
- 2025
- 16
- #6,966 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −7%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 16 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 6,966 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 6.7% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 1,424 in 1957. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 29,437 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.
Jeannie’s family of names
In English usage, Jeannie is a diminutive of Jean. Jeannie has a related form in Jeanie.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Jeannie
- Jeannie LongoFrench cyclistborn 1958
- Jeannie BerlinAmerican actressborn 1949
- Jeannie C. RileyAmerican singerborn 1945
- Jeannie HsiehTaiwanese singerborn 1974
- Jeannie RousseauFrench spy in World War II (1919–2017)
- Jeannie LeavittU.S. Air Force generalborn 1967
- Jeannie ChanHong Kong actress-modelborn 1989
- Jeannie MaiAmerican television host and stylistborn 1979
- Jeannie CarsonEnglish-born comedian and actress1928–2022
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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