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".

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

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