Jennet
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/dʒˈɛnɪt/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Jennet is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country. In Singapore it is the 28th most common given name.
- TMTurkmenistan≈1 in 251(inferred from the name graph)
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 405as Janet
- IEIreland≈1 in 481as Janet
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Jennet itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- #159 (measured from records)
- 7 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 606 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 251 (inferred from the name graph)
≈2,600,000 named Janet, est.
of 15M given names
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Turkmenistan, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Janet in US United States, GB United Kingdom, PH Philippines and 5 more.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Jennet 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | — | ≈2,600,000 est. | ≈1 in 540 | — | Janet | 60 |
| US United States | #71 | 429,159as Janet | 1 in 775 | 429K | Janet | 606 |
| NG Nigeria | #114 | ≈320,000 est. | ≈1 in 672 | — | Janet | 103 |
| GB United Kingdom | #54 | ≈160,000 est. | ≈1 in 405 | 5 | Janet | 309 |
| PH Philippines | #109 | ≈100,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.1K | — | Janet | 137 |
| TM Turkmenistan | #112 | ≈22,000 est. | ≈1 in 251 | — | Jennet | 18 |
| IE Ireland | #75 | ≈11,000 est. | ≈1 in 481 | — | Janet | 101 |
| SG Singapore | #28 | ≈10,000 est. | ≈1 in 613 | — | Janet | 106 |
| NZ New Zealand | #63 | ≈9,900 est. | ≈1 in 499 | 17 | Janet | 141 |
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; NRS — Baby names Scotland full list (1974–present); DIA — Baby name popularity (1900–present). 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).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Jennet is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
English: variant spelling of JEANNETTE , or a revival of a medieval diminutive form of the female name JEAN .
as a word
In English, A female ass or donkey; a jenny.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Jennet Deviceb. 1603witness in the Pendle witch hunt
- Jennet Mebane Lytleb. 1792(1792-1847)
- Jennet Adrianb. 1927GB(1927-2019)
- Jennet Conantb. 1959USAmerican writer
- Jennet Kirkpatrickb. 1970US(born 1970)
- Jennet Saryýewab. 1994TMTurkmen swimmer
- Jennet Prestonaccused in the Pendle witch hunt
- Jennet WilsoneGBaccused of witchcraft
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 27 sources across 18 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 503 | #20,433 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1975 | 9 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1963 | 8 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1982 | 7 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1970 | 7 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2010 | 6 | — |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 3 | #20,433 |
Reference works 4
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)
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
- How do you pronounce Jennet?
- A machine transcription gives /dʒˈɛnɪt/ (IPA) for English.
- Is Jennet a male or female name?
- Jennet 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.
- In which country does Jennet have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 2.6 million people named Janet in China, more than in any other country we hold.
- How common is the name Jennet?
- In the United States, the national register counted 429,159 people named Janet in 2020, about 1 in 775 residents.
- How common is Jennet compared with other names?
- In Singapore, Jennet is the 28th most common given name of 52,448 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Jennet?
Nobody replies to these one by one, but what readers ask decides what these pages answer next.
Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/jennetThe 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, “Jennet” — the 28th most common given name in Singapore. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.