Given name & surname
Jennet
“God is gracious”·“one who is heaven-sent”·“from the garden of heaven”
Jennet is a variant of Janet. In Scottish use, Janet carries the interpretation “God is gracious.” Jennet is a variant of Jennett. One Hindi interpretation is “one who is heaven-sent.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Jennet is a variant of Janet. In Scottish use, Janet carries the interpretation “God is gracious.” Jennet is a variant of Jennett. One Hindi interpretation is “one who is heaven-sent.” Jennet is a variant of Jannat. One Arabic interpretation is “from the garden of heaven.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Jennet is a variant of Jennett. An origin associated with Jennett is Hindi. Jennet is a variant of Jannat. An origin associated with Jannat is Arabic.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In English use, Jennet is used as a spelling variant of Jeannette.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1920. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Jennet through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 166
- 0 boys · 166 girls
- Most popular year
- 1975
- 9 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 6 in 2010. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 9 in 1975. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 506 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.
Jennet’s family of names
Jennet has a related form in Janet. Jennet has an alternative spelling in Jeannette. In English usage, Jennet has a conventional equivalent in the German form Jeannette.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
Similar names
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