Janette

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Janet in US United States, GB United Kingdom, AU Australia and 16 more, Jeanette in DK Denmark, NO Norway, SE Sweden and 2 more, ג'נט in FR France, IL Israel and Jennet in TM Turkmenistan, CR Costa Rica.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 14 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Janette is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Czech given name4.2K records spelled Janette4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Czechia, Slovakia, Poland, United States

  Languages: Czech, Slovak, Polish

• Italian given name674 records spelled Janette2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, San Marino, Philippines

  Also written Janètte

• Greek given name655 records spelled Janette4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Greece, United States, United Kingdom

  Also written Zanet, Ζανέτ, Ζανετ

65 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Janette is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In English, A female given name from Hebrew, variant of Janet.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In German, [d3a'net]: aus dem

  as a name·DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen

• English: either an elaborated version of JANET , emphasizing the feminine form of the suffix, or a simplified form of JEANNETTE .

  as a word

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 143 years between 1880–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Janette Okeb. 1935CACanadian writer
• Janette Scottb. 1938GBFilm actress
• Janette Howardb. 1944AUWife of Australian Prime Minister John Howard
• Jeanetteb. 1951ESnot in their usual nameSpanish singer
• Janet Steinbeckb. 1951AUnot in their usual nameAustralian swimmer, Olympic silver medallist
• Janette Sadik-Khanb. 1961USNew York City public official
• Janette Rauchb. 1962CHSwiss actress
• Stephanie J. Blockb. 1972USnot in their usual nameAmerican actress and singer
• Janette Husárováb. 1974SKSlovak female tennis player
• Janette Bundicactress

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 718 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Janette?

We estimate roughly 473 thousand people bear Janette (counting its spellings and scripts) across 9 countries in our records.

In which country does Janette have the most bearers?

Janette is most frequently recorded in the United Kingdom, where it is most often spelled janet.

How common is Janette compared with other names?

In the United Kingdom, Janette is the 51st most common given name of 369,273 given names recorded there.

Is Janette a male or female name?

Janette is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Janette mean?

Recorded meaning: Either an elaborated version of pJanet, emphasizing the feminine form of the suffix, or a simplified form of Jeannette.