Jeanette
Meaning
diminutive of Jean, 'God is gracious'
Jeanette around the world
One shared root links 47 names across 10 languages.
Shared root: from Hebrew Yochanan "God is gracious", carried through Greek Ioannes and Latin Iohannes into nearly every European language
The constellation
37 more branches of this family
Popularity, 1890–2024
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Jeanette peaked in the 1930s and the 1940s in nearly equal measure.
See popularity in Brazil
Popularity in Brazil
300 people · the #19,049 first name in Brazil · about 1 in 1,000,000 · median age 73
Among people named Jeanette living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 1940s than in any other decade.
Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
When you meet Jeanette
Most people given the name Jeanette in the United States were born between 1940 and 1989. The Jeanette you meet today is most often in her 50s or 60s.
Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.
The Jeanette deep dive
Whether you’re naming a baby or exploring your own name’s history, this is a personal letter, not a list: where Jeanette truly comes from, how it traveled, and what a century of records reveals. If you have grown a tree on nametree, it also considers how Jeanette fits with your family’s names and surname.
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