Jeanette (or Jeannette, Jeannetta or Jeanetta) is a female name, a diminutive form of the name '' Jeanne''. Other variations are Janette and

Janet Janet may refer to: Names * Janet (given name) * Janet (French singer) (1939–2011) Surname * Charles Janet (1849–1932), French engineer, inventor and biologist, known for the Left Step periodic table * Jules Janet (1861–1945), French psych ...

. The name is derived from the Hebrew "God is gracious".

Notable people

Jeanette (Spanish singer) Janette Anne Dimech (born 10 October 1951), known professionally as Jeanette, is a Spanish singer and songwriter. She rose to prominence as the lead singer of teenage folk-pop group Pic-Nic, which had a hit in 1968 with her song "Cállate, niña ...

(born 1951), Spanish singer * Jeanette Antolin (born 1981), American gymnast *

Jeannette Armstrong Jeannette Christine Armstrong (born 1948 in Okanagan) is a Canadian author, educator, artist, and activist. She was born and grew up on the Penticton Indian reserve in British Columbia's Okanagan Valley, and fluently speaks both the Syilx and Eng ...

(born 1948), Canadian author *

Jeanetta Arnette Jeannetta Arnette is an American actress. She became known for her television role as Miss Meara on the situation comedy ''Head of the Class''. She has also appeared in numerous films, including 1992's ''Ladybugs'' and 1999's '' Boys Don't Cry'' ...

(born 1954), American actress *

Jeanette Aw Jeanette Aw Ee-Ping (born 28 June 1979), better known by her stage name Ou Xuan (), is a Singaporean actress, filmmaker, businesswoman and writer. Aw was named as one of the Seven Princesses of Mediacorp in 2006, after which she achieved wider ...

(born 1979), Singaporean actress *

Jeanette Berglind Johanna "Jeanette" Apollonia Berglind (21 August 1816, in Stockholm – 14 September 1903, in Stockholm), was a Swedish sign language teacher and principal. In 1860, she founded one of the first schools for the deaf and mute in her country: '' Ty ...

(1816–1903), Swedish sign language pedagogue *

Jeanette Biedermann Jeanette Biedermann (born Jean Biedermann, 22 February 1980) is a German singer, actress, and television personality. Born and raised in the greater Berlin area, Biedermann began performing as a member of a troupe of acrobats in a children's circ ...

(born 1980), German singer and actress *

Jeannette Bougrab Jeannette Bougrab (born 26 August 1973) is a French lawyer and politician of the UMP who served as the junior minister for Youth and Community Life in the government of Prime Minister François Fillon from 2010 to 2012.'Bougrab incarnera la diver ...

, French lawyer and politician. *

Jeanette Dyrkjær Jeanette Dyrkjær (26 November 1963 – 29 July 2011) was a Danish nude model and adult actress. Life and career Born in Copenhagen, Jeanette Dyrkjær was first noted in 1983 when, under the stage name Jeanette Starion, she won the Million ...

(1963–2011), Danish nude model and adult actress * Jeannette Escanilla (born 1961), Swedish politician * Jeannette zu Fürstenberg (born 1982), German businesswoman and aristocrat * Jeannette Gadson (1945–2007), New York politician *

Jeanette Granberg Johanna "Jeanette" Charlotta Granberg (19 October 1825 – 2 April 1857), also known by her married name ''Stjernström'' and by the pseudonym of ''Georges Malméen'', was a Swedish writer, a playwright, a feminist and a translator, who wrote p ...

(1825–1857), Swedish playwright *

Jeanette Guysi Jeanette Guysi (1873–1966) was an American painter who was principal of the Detroit Museum School of Art. Her career path followed that of her elder sister, Alice Viola Guysi. Biography Guysi was born on March 10, 1873, in Cincinnati. She stud ...

(1873–1966), American painter *

Jeannette Lee Jeannette Lee is a British music record executive, music manager, filmmaker and former musician. A retail worker at the Acme Attractions store that, along with the SEX boutique run by Malcolm McLaren and Vivienne Westwood, was instrumental in ...

, British music record executive * Jeannette H. Lee (formerly Jeannette Lee White), American entrepreneur *

Jeanette Lee Jeanette Lee (born Lee Jin-Hee, Hangul: 이진희, July 9, 1971, in Brooklyn, New York) is a Korean-American professional pool player. She was nicknamed the Black Widow by her friends because, in spite of her sweet demeanor, she would "eat peop ...

(born 1971), American professional pool player *

Jeanette Loff Jeanette Loff (born Janette Clarinda Lov; October 9, 1906 – August 4, 1942) was an American actress, musician, and singer who came to prominence for her appearances in several Pathé Exchange and Universal Pictures films in the 1920s. Born ...

(1906–1942), American actress and singer *

Jeanette MacDonald Jeanette Anna MacDonald (June 18, 1903 – January 14, 1965) was an American singer and Actor, actress best remembered for her musical films of the 1930s with Maurice Chevalier (''The Love Parade'', ''Love Me Tonight'', ''The Merry Widow (1934 ...

(1903–1965), American actress and singer *

Jennette McCurdy Jennette Michelle Faye McCurdy (born June 26, 1992) is an American writer, director, podcaster, singer and former actress. McCurdy's breakthrough role as Sam Puckett in the Nickelodeon sitcom '' iCarly'' (2007–2012) earned her various awards ...

(born 1992), American actress *

Jeanette DuBois Meech Jeanette DuBois Meech ( Dubois; August 10, 1835 – February 6, 1911) was an American evangelist and industrial educator. She was well known as an evangelist, who married a Baptist clergyman. For many years, Meech taught school in Philadelphia ...

(1835–1911), American evangelist and industrial educator *

Jeanetta Calhoun Mish Jeanetta Calhoun Mish (born 1961) is an American poet and served as Oklahoma's twenty-first poet laureate. Biography Born in Hobart, Oklahoma in 1961, Mish was educated at the University of Houston, the University of Texas of the Permian Basin, ...

(born 1961), American poet *

Jeannette Ng Jeannette Ng () is a British fantasy writer best known for her 2017 novel '' Under the Pendulum Sun'', for which she won the Sydney J Bounds Award for Best Newcomer at the 2018 British Fantasy Awards. For that work, she was also the winner of t ...

, Hong Kong-born British fantasy author *

Jeannette Rankin Jeannette Pickering Rankin (June 11, 1880 – May 18, 1973) was an American politician and women's rights advocate who became the first woman to hold federal office in the United States in 1917. She was elected to the U.S. House of Representa ...

(1880–1973), American social worker, first woman elected to the United States Congress *

Jeannette Walls Jeannette Walls (born April 21, 1960) is an American author and journalist widely known as former gossip columnist for MSNBC.com and author of '' The Glass Castle'', a memoir of the nomadic family life of her childhood. Published in 2005, it had ...

(born 1960), American writer *

Jeannette Walworth Jeannette H. Walworth (, Hadermann; pen names, Mother Goose and Ann Atom; February 22, 1835 – February 4, 1918) was an American novelist and journalist. Born in Philadelphia, in 1837, she removed to Natchez, Mississippi, while a child, with her ...

(1835–1918), American novelist, journalist * Jeanette Wässelius (1784–1853), Swedish opera singer *

Jeanette Winterson Jeanette Winterson (born 27 August 1959) is an English writer. Her first book, '' Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit'', was a semi-autobiographical novel about a sensitive teenage girl rebelling against convention. Other novels explore gender pola ...

(born 1959), British novelist

Fictional characters

Jeannette (comics) Jeannette is a fictional character in the . She first appeared in '' Secret Six'' #3 (January 2009), and was created by Gail Simone and Nicola Scott. Publication history Jeannette was introduced in the fourth issue of the ongoing '' Secret Six'' ...

, a fictional banshee in the DC Comics Universe * Jeanette Miller, one of the Chipettes in Alvin and the Chipmunks *Jeanette Turner is one of the two main protagonists of Freeform's 2021 miniseries '' Cruel Summer'' {{Given name, Jeanette French feminine given names