Jeannette

Where Jeannette comes from

From French Jeannette, from Jeanne + -ette, q.v. Doublet of Ivanka, Jan, Janelle, Janet, Janey, Janine, Jeanette, Jeanie, Jeannine, Jen, Jenna, Jenny, Jessie, Jo, Jody, Juanita, Shanae, Sinead, and Vanna.
— Wiktionary's entry for Jeannette
  • French
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1880
    Jeannette Rankin born
    American congresswoman for Montana
  2. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #265 among girls — 34 babies in the first year on record.
  3. 1916
    Peak, #173
    1,082 babies named Jeannette — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1930
    Jeannette Altwegg born
    British figure skater
  5. 1973
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #381.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from French.
Namesakes
  • Jeannette Rankin · American congresswoman for Montana, 1880–1973
  • Jeannette Altwegg · British figure skater, 1930–2021
  • Jeannette Campbell · Argentine swimmer, 1916–2003
  • Jeannette Walls · American writer and journalist, born 1960
  • Jeannette Kagame · First Lady of Rwanda, born 1962

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.