Janetta
given name · Latin script
Meaning: weibl. Vom., latinisierende Form von
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ʒənɛtə/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Janetta is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.
- NLNetherlands1 in 27K(measured from records)
- CZCzechia1 in 50K
- FIFinland1 in 55K
carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United States (measured from records)
- Sources
- 15 (measured from records)
- 1 in 27K (inferred from the name graph)
2,313 people, 2020
Highest-authority source
Netherlands
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
weibl. Vom., latinisierende Form von
Sources 1
- DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen
Attested across 9 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Janetta counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | 2,313 | 1 in 144K | 2.3K | Janetta | 8 |
| NL Netherlands | 638 | 1 in 27K | 638 | — | — |
| CZ Czechia | 216 | 1 in 50K | 216 | Janetta | 13 |
| FI Finland | 101 | 1 in 55K | 109 | — | 1 |
| PL Poland | 92 | 1 in 416K | 92 | Janetta | 15 |
| MD Moldova | 30 | 1 in 112K | 30 | — | — |
| GY Guyana | 9 | 1 in 83K | 9 | — | — |
2,313 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018); MVČR — living population register 2017; DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20); dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names); e-services.md — living population register; Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Sarah Janetta Ekinsb. 1807GB(1807-1891)
- Janetta Hughan Mannersb. 1837Duchess of Rutland 1888–1899
- J. Vanceb. 1855GBnot in their usual nameBritish archer
- Janetta Schnürmannováb. 1861CZHolocaust victim (born 1861)
- Janetta R. FitzHughb. 1866USAmerican suffragist
- Janetta McStayb. 1917NZNew Zealand pianist (1917-2012)
- Janetta Rebold Bentonb. 1945USAmerican art historian
- Janetta Johnsonb. 1965USAmerican trans and human rights activist
- Torrey ShanksUSnot in their usual namepolitical scientist
- Janetta DouglasPGPapua New Guinean charity worker
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 38 sources across 21 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 2.3K | #6,812 |
| NL Netherlands | Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018) | — | 638 | #1,737 |
| NL Netherlands | Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (live per-name BRP counts, 1790-2017) | — | 309 | #4,263 |
| CZ Czechia | MVČR — living population register 2017 | — | 216 | #922 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 109 | #2,716 |
| CZ Czechia | naše jména — 2016 MVČR snapshot | — | 108 | #1,020 |
| CZ Czechia | KdeJsme.cz — četnost jmen a příjmení (MVČR population register front-end) | — | 108 | #949 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register) | — | 101 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 92 | #1,646 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20) | 2026 | 92 | #1,646 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1954 | 70 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1958 | 68 | — |
Reference works 4
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Janetta mean, and where does it come from?
- weibl. Vom., latinisierende Form von Recorded by DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen.
- How do you pronounce Janetta?
- A machine transcription gives /ʒənɛtə/ (IPA) for English.
- Is Janetta a male or female name?
- Janetta is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- What are other forms of the name Janetta?
- In the etymology graph, Janet, Juana and Joanne are forms of the same name in other languages; it is recorded as a short form of Jane and Janice.
- In which country does Janetta have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 2.3 thousand people named Janetta, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled janetta.
- Where is Janetta most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Janetta is densest in the Netherlands — about 1 in 27 thousand people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.
- How common is the name Janetta?
- In the United States, the national register counted 2,313 people named Janetta in 2020, about 1 in 144 thousand residents.
What do you want to know about Janetta?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/janettaThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Janetta”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.