Given name
Johnette
“God is gracious”
Johnette is a variant of Johnna. In English use, Johnna carries the interpretation “God is gracious.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Johnette is a variant of Johnna. In English use, Johnna carries the interpretation “God is gracious.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1914. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Johnette through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,004
- 0 boys · 2,004 girls
- Most popular year
- 1949
- 58 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 2006. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 58 in 1949. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,526 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.
Johnette’s family of names
Johnette has a related form in Johnna.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Johnette
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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