Given name & surname
Jennette
“God is gracious”
Jennette is a variant of Janet. In Scottish use, Janet carries the interpretation “God is gracious.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Jennette 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
Jennette through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 3,522
- 0 boys · 3,522 girls
- Most popular year
- 1981
- 80 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 2018. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 80 in 1981. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,554 as a first name in 2020; 1,359 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.
Jennette’s family of names
Jennette has a related form in Janet. In English usage, Jennette has a related form in Jeannette. In English usage, Jennette has a conventional equivalent in the German form Jeannette.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Jennette has relatives in 3 languages.
2 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Jennette
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