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What does Janet mean?
Janet 
▼ as a girls' name is pronounced JAN-et. It is of Scottish origin. Originally a diminutive of Jane, from the French Jeanette. Janeta and Jonet are earlier forms. Actresses Janet Leigh, Janet Gaynor; singer Dame Janet Baker; swimmer Janet Evans; figure skater Janet Lynn.
STARTS WITH Jan-
ASSOCIATED WITH scottish
Variations
VARIANTS Gianetta, Janeta, Janeth, Janett, Janetta, Janette▼, Janit, Jannet, Janneth, Janetta, Jannette, Janot, Jenetta, Jenette, Jennet, Jennette, Jinnet, Jinnett, Johnetta, Johnette, Jonet, Jonette
SEE ALSO Anjanette, Jan, Jennie, Jessie, Sinead
OTHER FORMS VIA JANE, JEANETTE Gene▼, Jaina, Jaine, Jainee, Jan▼, Jana▼, Janae, Janaye, Jandy, Janean, Janeane, Janee, Janeen▼, Janel▼, Janela, Janelba, Janella, Janelle, Janene, Janerita, Janessa, Janey, Jania▼, Janica, Janice▼, Janie▼, Janina, Janine▼, Janis▼, Janise, Janka, Janna▼, Jannel, Janney▼, Janny, Jany, Jayna, Jayne▼, Jaynell, Jayni, Jaynie, Jean▼, Jeanetta, Jeanette▼, Jeanie▼, Jeanne▼, Jenda, Jeni, Jenie, Jinna, Joan▼, Joana▼, Joanna, Joni▼, Jonie, Juana, Juanita▼, Vania, Vanya
CREATIVE FORMS(female) Jenet, ..
(male) Jare, ..
MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Janet Fatima (J.F.), ..
How popular is Janet?
Janet is a very popular first name for females (#45 out of 4276, Top 1%) and also a very popular last name for all people (#44821 out of 150436, Top 30%). (2000 U.S. CENSUS)
Janet reached its peak position of #20 in the U.S. in the 1950s, and is presently at #1412. (2018 BIRTH STATISTICS)
Which version is better?
Joanna (#212 FROM CURRENT RECORDS), Jane (#291), Janelle (#582), Jessie (#656), Janessa (#978), Jana (#984), Janae (#1193), Janice (#1433), Janie (#1691), Juana (#1692), Joan (#1727), Jeanetta, Jeanette, Jennette, Jeanne, Jean, Jeni, Jeanie, Anjanette, Jennie, Joana, Jayna, Johnetta, Johnette, Jonette, Joni, Juanita, Sinead, Jayne, Janise, Janney, Janett, Jaina, Jan, Janean, Janee, Janeen, Janel, Janene, Janeth, Janetta, Jannette, Janette, Janey, Jania, Janina, Janine, Janis, Gene, Janna, Jannet and Vania are the popular variation forms of Janet (#1412) rated in the Top 2000. Other forms, like Jany, are uncommon. Adoption of these forms of Janet reached its apex 88 years ago (ADOPTION OF 5.4%) and is now significantly less (ADOPTION 0.3%, ▼94.6%), with versions such as Janet falling out of fashion.
Similar Names
Janet▼ is alike in pronunciation to Jaenette, Junette and Junot. Other recommended sound-alike names are Anet, Annet, Danet, Garnet▼, Jacee, Jacey, Jade▲, Jadee, Jaden▼, Jae, Jael▲, Jafit, Jahnel, Jaine, Jainee, Jalea, Jamee, Jamei, James▼, Jamey, Jan▼, Jana▼, Janae, Janaea, Janaeh, Janah, Janai, Janay▼, Jances, Jandy, Janea, Janean, Janee, Janeen▼, Janel▼, Janela, Janell▼, Janene, Janess, Janeva, Janey, Jania▼, Janie▼, Janiel, Janis▼, Janita, Janka, Jann, Janna▼, Janne, Jannel, Janny, Jany, Jaye, Jayel, Jayne▼, Jeane▼, Jeanee, Jenee, Jinee, Joane, Jone, Jonee, Jonel, June▼, Junel, Lanet, Linet, Lunet, Monet▼, Paget and Wyanet. These names tend to be less commonly used than Janet.
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