Girl · French
Jeannette
Say it: zhuh-NET
Meaning
A French diminutive of Jeanne, from Hebrew Yohanan 'God is gracious'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Used in France and among American families from the late 1800s.
Its wave through time
Fading since the 1900s
In the United States
- 69,202 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 1909, about 1 in 1,100 girls
- 28 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Jeanette, Janette
Famous bearers
- Jeannette Rankin, first woman elected to the US Congress
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Where this comes from
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- National census records of the 19th and 20th centuries
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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