Behind the Name: Meaning, origin and history of the name Jeannette

Jeannette

Given Name JEANNETTE

GENDER: Feminine

PRONOUNCED: zha-NET (French), jə-NET (English) [key]

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VARIANTS: Janine, Jeanette, Jeanine, Jeannine (French), Jeanette, Genette (English), Jeanette (Dutch)

DIMINUTIVE: Nettie (English)

MASCULINE FORMS: Jean, Yann (French), Evan, Ian, Ivan, John, Jon, Sean, Shane, Shaun, Shawn, Shayne (English), Jan, Johan, Johannes (Dutch)

OTHER LANGUAGES/CULTURES: Lashawn (African American), Jone (Basque), Joanna (Biblical), Ioanna (Biblical Greek), Iohanna (Biblical Latin), Ioana, Ivana, Yana, Yanka, Yoana (Bulgarian), Joana, Jana (Catalan), Ivana (Croatian), Ivana, Jana, Johana (Czech), Jeanette, Johanna, Johanne (Danish), Johanna (Estonian), Janina, Johanna, Jenna, Jenni, Jenny (Finnish), Xoana (Galician), Jana, Janina, Johanna, Janine, Jenny (German), Gianna, Ioanna, Yanna (Greek), Johanna, Zsanett (Hungarian), Jóhanna, Jóna, Jenný (Icelandic), Chevonne, Shavonne, Shevaun, Shevon, Síne, Sinéad, Siobhán (Irish), Giovanna (Italian), Johanna (Late Roman), Janina (Lithuanian), Ivana, Jovana (Macedonian), Jehanne, Johanne (Medieval French), Jeanette, Johanna, Johanne (Norwegian), Janina, Joanna (Polish), Joana (Portuguese), Ioana (Romanian), Yana, Zhanna, Zhannochka (Russian), Jean, Seonag, Sheena, Sìne, Sìneag, Jessie, Teasag (Scottish), Ivana, Jovana (Serbian), Ivana, Jana (Slovak), Ivana, Jana (Slovene), Juana, Jenny (Spanish), Janina, Janna, Jeanette, Johanna, Jennie, Jenny (Swedish), Yana (Ukrainian), Shan, Siân, Siwan, Siana, Siani, Sioned (Welsh)

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