Janette
given name · Latin script
Meaning: Either an elaborated version of pJanet, emphasizing the feminine form of the suffix, or a simplified form of Jeannette
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/dʒəˈnɛt/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Janette 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 251as Jennet(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 Janette 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 1.9K (inferred from the name graph)
≈2,600,000 named Janet, est.
of 15M given names
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Finland
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Janet in US United States, GB United Kingdom, PH Philippines and 5 more, Jennet in TM Turkmenistan and Jeanette in FI Finland.
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(measured from records)
Either an elaborated version of pJanet, emphasizing the feminine form of the suffix, or a simplified form of Jeannette.
Sources 1
- A concise dictionary of first names
Attested across 9 languages in the etymology graph.
Often considered alongside
Names that people choosing a name often weigh against Janette, most often first. They share a style rather than an origin.
From the names suggested together in public name-advice forums, in English. A list of what people consider, not a measure of how common any name is.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Janette 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 |
| FI Finland | — | 2,864 | 1 in 1.9K | 3K | Jeanette | 34 |
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); DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup). 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)
Janette is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In English, A female given name from Hebrew, variant of Janet.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In German, [d3a'net]: aus dem
as a nameDUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen
English: either an elaborated version of JANET , emphasizing the feminine form of the suffix, or a simplified form of JEANNETTE .
as a word
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)
- Janette Okeb. 1935CACanadian writer
- Janette Scottb. 1938GBFilm actress
- Janette Howardb. 1944AUWife of Australian Prime Minister John Howard
- Jeanetteb. 1951ESnot in their usual nameSpanish singer
- Janet Steinbeckb. 1951AUAustralian swimmer, Olympic silver medallist
- Janette Sadik-Khanb. 1961USNew York City public official
- Janette Rauchb. 1962CHSwiss actress
- Stephanie J. Blockb. 1972USnot in their usual nameAmerican actress and singer
- Janette Husárováb. 1974SKSlovak female tennis player
- Janette Bundicactress
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 75 sources across 40 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 27K | #1,339 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 3K | #425 |
| FI Finland | DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register) | — | 2.9K | — |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 36 | #1,339 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 25 | — |
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 20 | #19,986 |
| NZ New Zealand | DIA — Baby name popularity (1900–present) | 1975 | 17 | — |
| GB United Kingdom | NRS — Baby names Scotland full list (1974–present) | 1994 | 5 | #484 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1990 | 5 | — |
Reference works 3
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
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 Janette mean, and where does it come from?
- Either an elaborated version of pJanet, emphasizing the feminine form of the suffix, or a simplified form of Jeannette. Recorded by A concise dictionary of first names.
- Is Janette a male or female name?
- Janette 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 Janette?
- In the etymology graph, Janet, Janice and Juana are forms of the same name in other languages; it is recorded as a short form of Jane and Jayne.
- How do you pronounce Janette?
- A machine transcription gives /dʒəˈnɛt/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Janette have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 2.6 million people named Janet in China, more than in any other country we hold.
- Where is Janette most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Janette is densest in Finland — about 1 in 1.9 thousand people — even though China holds more of our records for it.
- How common is the name Janette?
- In Finland, the national register counted 2,864 people named Janette, about 1 in 1.9 thousand residents.
- How common is Janette compared with other names?
- In Singapore, Janette is the 28th most common given name of 52,448 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Janette?
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/janetteThe 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, “Janette” — the 28th most common given name in Singapore. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.