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What does Jeannette mean?
Jeannette 
▼ as a name for girls is a Hebrew and French name, and the name Jeannette means "God is gracious". Jeannette is an alternate spelling of Jane (Hebrew). Jeannette is also a derivative of Jean (Hebrew). Jeannette is also used as a derivative of Jeanette (French).
STARTS/ENDS WITH Jean-, -nette
ASSOCIATED WITH gracious
Variations
VARIANTS Jennet, Jenette, Janit, Janette▼, Janet▼
RELATED FORMS VIA JANE, JEAN, JEANETTE Janetta, Jannelle, Jeanee, Jeanelle, Jeanene, Jeanetta, Jeanne▼, Jeanneen, Jeannetta, Jeannie▼, Jeannine▼, Jeannique, Jennetta
CREATIVE FORMS(female)
(male)
MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Jeannette Mika (J.M.), ..
How popular is Jeannette?
Jeannette is a very prominent first name for women (#364 out of 4276, Top 8%) and also a very prominent surname for both adults and children (#49671 out of 150436, Top 33%). (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)
Jeannette reached its apex rank of #186 in the U.S. in the 1910s, but is not found in the list at the moment. (TOP 2000 NAMES, 2018)
Which version is better?
Jane (#291 FROM RECENT DATA), Janet (#1412), Janetta, Janette, Jean, Jeanene, Jeanetta, Jeanette, Jeanne, Jeannetta, Jeannie and Jeannine are the prominent alternative forms of Jeannette. Other forms, like Jennet, are uncommon. Adoption of these forms of Jeannette was well-received 88 years ago (ADOPTION OF 2.6%) and is now much less (ADOPTION 0.1%, DOWN 97%), with versions such as Janette becoming less trendy.
Similar Names
Jeannette▼ is alike in pronunciation to Genette, Ginnette, Jaenette, Janett, Jannet, Jannette, Jennette, Jinnett, Johnette, Jonette and Junette. Other recommended sound-alike names are Annette▼, Aquannette (see Acquanetta), Bernette, Danette▼, Dannette, Dawnette, Dennette, Francette, Garnette, Glennette, Jackette, Janeta, Janeth, Janneth, Jazette, Jeannell, Jeannelle, Jenetta, Jennee, Jennelle, Jennita, Jinnet, Johnetta, Jonetta, Juanetta, Kennette, Lanette, Lenette, Linnette, Lynnette▼, Manette, Marnette, Minnette, Nanette▼, Nannette▼, Ninnette, Pearlette, Reginette, Reinette, Renette, Ronnette, Shawnette, Trinnette, Twanette, Vannetta (see Vanessa), Vernette and Wanette. These names tend to be less commonly used than Jeannette.
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