Jeanette (given name)

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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".^{[citation needed]}

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

See also

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• Jeanette (disambiguation)

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