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 [ 2 syll. jea-(n)net-te, je-anne-tte ] The girl name Jeannette is pronounced as JHahNEHT KEY. Jeannette is largely used in French and English. It is derived from Hebrew origins. The name has been adopted by English speakers since the 20th century. Jeannette has 22 variant forms that are used in both English and other languages. English variant forms of Jeannette include Genette, Ginette (also used in French), Janette (also used in German and French), Jeanetta, Jeanette (also used in French), Jenet, and Jennet. Other English forms include the pet form Nettie (also used in ), and the spelling variants Jeanete, Jeanett, Jeannete, Jeannett, Jeannette (also used in French and ), Jenett, Jenette, Jennette, and Jinette. Sinéad (Irish), Sìneag (Scottish), Zaneta (Russian), and Zsanett (Hungarian) are variant forms of the name that are used in other languages. The pet forms Jinty (Scottish) and Netta are other foreign variants. Jeannette is an English and French pet form of the name Jean (English and Scottish). Jeannette is also a French variant form of the name Jane (English). See also the related form, Sinead (Irish). Jeannette is an uncommon baby girl name. At the height of its usage in 1916, 0.100% of baby girls were named Jeannette. It was #173 in rank then. The baby name has fallen from favor since then, and is now of very modest use. In 2008, within the family of girl names directly related to Jeannette, Jane (English) was the most popular. Baby names that sound like Jeannette include Janette (English, German, and French), Jeanette (English and French), Genette (English), Ginette (French and English), Jacinth (Spanish), Jacinthe (French), Jacynth (English), Jandy (English), Janet (English), Janeth (English), Janett (English), Jannet (English), Janneth (English), Jannette (English), Jante (English), Jasmeet (English), Jasmit (English), Jassmit (English), Jenet (English), and Jenett (English). KEY: Pronunciation for Jeannette: JH as in "gee (JH.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; EH as in "Ed (EH.D)" ; T as in "tea (T.IY)"   |
