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Jeanette (given name)

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Pronunciation
  
/dʒəˈnɛt/ jə-NET

Meaning
  
God is gracious

Gender
  
Female

Region of origin
  
French

Related names
  
Jeanne, Janette, Janet, Jane, Jean, Jennette, Sinéad, Žaneta

Jeanette (or Jeannette or Jeanetta) is a female name, a diminutive form of the name Jeanne. Other variations are Janette and Janet. The name is derived from the Hebrew "God is gracious".

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Notable people

  • Jeanette (singer) (born 1951), Spanish singer
  • Jeannette Armstrong (born 1948), Canadian author
  • Jeanetta Arnette (born 1954), American actress
  • Janette Beckman, English photographer
  • Jeanette Berglind (1816-1903), Swedish sign language pedagogue
  • Jeanette Biedermann (born 1981), German singer-songwriter and actress
  • Jeannette Bougrab, French lawyer and politician.
  • Jeanette Dyrkjær (1963–2011), Danish nude model and adult actress
  • Jeanette Granberg (1825–1857), Swedish playwright
  • Jeannette Gadson (1945–2007), New York politician
  • Jeannette Lee (disambiguation), several people named Jeanette or Jeannette
  • Jeanette MacDonald (1903–1965), American actress and singer
  • Jennette McCurdy (born 1992), American actress
  • Janette Oke (born 1935), Canadian author
  • Jeannette Rankin (1880–1973), American social worker, first woman elected to the United States Congress
  • Jeannette Walls (born 1960), American writer
  • Jeanette Wässelius (1784–1853), Swedish opera singer
  • Jeanette Winterson (born 1959), British novelist
  • Fictional characters

  • Jeanette Miller, a member of the Chipettes, a fictional singing group of chipmunks
  • Jeannette (comics), a fictional banshee in the DC Comics Universe
  • References

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