Jeanette (or Jeannette, Jeannetta or Jeanetta) is a female name, a diminutive form of the name Jeanne. Other variations are Janette and Janet. The name is derived from the Hebrew "God is gracious".
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Notable people
Jeanette (born 1951), Spanish singer
Jeanette Antolin (born 1981), American gymnast
Jeannette Armstrong (born 1948), Canadian author
Jeanetta Arnette (born 1954), American actress
Jeanette Aw (born 1979), Singaporean actress
Jeannette Osborn Baylies (1912–1984), American clubwoman
Jeannette Benavides (born 1952), Costa Rican nanotechnologist and physical chemist
Jeannette Jara (born 1974), Chilean politician and lawyer
Jeanette Berglind (1816–1903), Swedish sign language pedagogue
Jeanette Biedermann (born 1980), German singer and actress
Jeannette Bougrab, French lawyer and politician
Jeanette Burrage (born 1952), American politician
Jeannette Campbell (1916–2003), Argentine Olympic swimmer
Jeanette Crossley (1949–2015), New Zealand biochemist
Jeanette Dyrkjær (1963–2011), Danish nude model and adult actress
Jeannette Escanilla (born 1961), Swedish politician
Jeannette zu Fürstenberg (born 1982), German businesswoman
Jeannette Gadson (1945–2007), New York politician
Jeanette Granberg (1825–1857), Swedish playwright
Jeanette Guysi (1873–1966), American painter
Jeannette Lee, British music record executive
Jeannette H. Lee (formerly Jeannette Lee White), American entrepreneur
Jeanette Lee (born 1971), American professional pool player
Jeanette Loff (1906–1942), American actress and singer
Jeanette Lynes, Canadian author, poet and professor
Jeanette MacDonald (1903–1965), American actress and singer
Jennette McCurdy (born 1992), American actress
Jeanette DuBois Meech (1835–1911), American evangelist and industrial educator
Jeanetta Calhoun Mish (born 1961), American poet
Jeannette Ng, Hong Kong-born British fantasy author
Jeanette Oppenheim (born 1952), Danish lawyer and politician, MEP
Jeannette Rankin (1880–1973), American social worker, first woman elected to the United States Congress
Jeanette Ullyett (born 1986), New Zealand cricketer
Jeannette Walls (born 1960), American writer
Jeannette Walworth (1835–1918), American novelist, journalist
Jeanette Wässelius (1784–1853), Swedish opera singer
Jeanette Winterson (born 1959), British novelist
Fictional characters
Jeannette (comics), a fictional banshee in the DC Comics Universe
Jeanette Miller, one of the Chipettes in Alvin and the Chipmunks
Jeanette Turner is one of the two main protagonists of Freeform's 2021 miniseries Cruel Summer