Given name & surname
Jette
“resembling the jet-black lustrous gemstone”
Jette is a variant of Jetta. One Danish interpretation is “resembling the jet-black lustrous gemstone.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Jette is a variant of Jetta. One Danish interpretation is “resembling the jet-black lustrous gemstone.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Jette is a variant of Jetta. Jetta has been associated with Old French and Latin naming traditions. Jette is a variant of Jett. An origin associated with Jett is English.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Danish usage, Jette is a diminutive of Henriette. In German usage, Jette is a diminutive of Henriëtte.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1933. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Jette through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 162
- 6 boys · 156 girls
- Most popular year
- 2012
- 15 babies
- 2025
- 8
- #11,359 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +88%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 8 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 11,359 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 443 as a first name in 2020; 1,456 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.
Jette’s family of names
In Danish usage, Jette is a diminutive of Henriette. In Danish usage, Jette shares a linguistic root with the Estonian form Jete. Jette has a related form in Jett.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Jette has relatives in 3 languages.
5 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 5
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 Jette
- Jette SørensenDanish rowerborn 1961
- Jette MüllerGerman diverborn 2003
- Jette BangDanish photographer1914–1964
- Jette AlbinusDanish army generalborn 1966
- Jette HansenDanish handball playerborn 1987
- Jette GottliebDanish politicianborn 1948
- Jette F. ChristensenNorwegian politicianborn 1983
- Jette TorpDanish singerborn 1964
- Jette FleschützGerman field hockey playerborn 2002
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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