The first name Jeannette

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About the first name Jeannette

Meaning

The name Jeannette is related to Jeanne. It shares the same historical root, even when the precise meaning varies across sources.

Historical origin

Jeannette belongs to the same name family as Jeanne. The name Jeanne is the French feminine form of Jean, from Hebrew Yôḥānān through Greek and Latin.

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In archival records, Jeannette may coexist with Jeanne or other spellings from the same name family, so variants are worth considering in genealogical research.

Pronunciation:jean-nettʒan.ɛt

Frequency of the first name Jeannette by baptism year

The chart below shows the frequency of the first name Jeannette by the year of baptisms listed in Genealogy Quebec’s data. It highlights the periods when this first name appears most often and its evolution across generations.

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Annual evolution of the first name JeannetteLine chart showing the frequency of the first name Jeannette in baptisms by year.5037251201815184918831917195119851815–1819 1 baptisms1835–1839 1 baptisms1850–1854 1 baptisms1855–1859 3 baptisms1865–1869 1 baptisms1885–1889 1 baptisms1895–1899 4 baptisms1900–1904 9 baptisms1905–1909 16 baptisms1910–1914 17 baptisms1915–1919 35 baptisms1920–1924 24 baptisms1925–1929 28 baptisms1930–1934 13 baptisms1935–1939 16 baptisms1940–1944 7 baptisms1945–1949 12 baptisms1950–1954 7 baptisms1955–1959 1 baptisms1960–1964 1 baptisms1965–1969 1 baptisms1985–1989 1 baptisms

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