Jeanette (given name)

Jeanette
Pronunciation	/dʒəˈnɛt/ jə-NET
Gender	Female
Origin
Meaning	God is gracious
Region of origin	French
Other names
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 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