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Jeanette

“God is gracious” — Hebrew via French origin

Girl's name · #2387 in the US (2025) · Vintage

Jeanette has appeared in US records since 1880 — best rank #82 (1939) · 163,440 babies named Jeanette all-time · 1 in 20,000 girls born in 2025.

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 5 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Jeanettes

• Jeanette Winterson — English writer
• Jeanette Jerome — American-born British mother of Winston Churchill (1854–1921)
• Jeanette Biedermann — German singer and actress
• Jeanette MacDonald — American singer and actress (1903-1965)
• Jeanette J. Epps — American aerospace engineer and NASA astronaut (born 1970)

In stories & tradition

• Jeanette Miller — animated character
• Jeanette Voerman — Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines
• Jeanette Peterson — How I Met Your Mother

What Jeanettes become

Among 486 notable people named Jeanette:

Entertainers appear 1.66× more often than among typical names — e.g. Jeanette MacDonald, American singer and actress (1903-1965).

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