Name meaning & stats
Jeannette
Jeannette means “God is gracious” (French origin). 37,663 US babies since 1940, peak 1942.
What it means
“God is gracious”
FrenchWell documented
In US birth records
Peak year: 1942
37,663 US babies were named Jeannette between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Jeannette (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
1 in 4 Jeanettes spell it Jeannette
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 1942)