Janet name - Meaning of Janet
- Gender
- Feminine
- Lucky Number
- 5
- Usage
- English, Hebrew
- Pronounced
- JAN-ət
- Janet Meaning
- Medieval diminutive of Jane. Janet is a medieval diminutive of Jane. Jane originates in Hebrew language and means "God is merciful". It is ultimately derived from the Hebrew masculine name Yochanan, thus it has the same origin as many other names, including Joan and Hannah. Jane has always been one of the most popular names in the English-speaking countries, and in different spelling all over the world. The famous bearer was the English novelist Jane Austen, and the name was also popularized in Charlotte Bronte"s Jane Eyre. Jane functions as a surname as well.
Janet Related Names
Variants: Janelle, Janey, Janice, Janie, Jennie, Jenny, Janae, Janeka, Janel, Janele, Janella, Janessa, Janette, Janis, Jannette, Jayna, Jaynie, Jeni, Jenna, Jenni, Janit, Janneth, Jannetta, Janot, Jenetta, Jenette, Jennet, Jennette, Jinnet, Jinnett, Jeannette, Sioned
Diminutives: Jan, Janna, Janetta, Jannah
Other Languages: Jone (Basque), Joanna (Biblical), Ioanna (Biblical Greek), Iohanna (Biblical Latin), Ioana, Ivana, Yana, Yoana (Bulgarian), Joana, Jana (Catalan), Ivana (Croatian), Ivana, Jana, Johana (Czech), Johanna, Johanne (Danish), Jana, Janna, Johanna (Dutch), Johanna (Estonian), Janina, Johanna (Finnish), Jeanne, Jeanette, Jeanine, Jeannette, Jeannine (French), Xoana (Galician), Jana, Janina, Johanna (German), Ioanna (Greek), Johanna, Zsanett (Hungarian), Jóhanna, Jóna (Icelandic), Chevonne, Shavonne, Shevaun, Shevon, Síne, Siobhan, Sinéad (Irish), Giovanna (Italian), Johanna (Late Roman), Janina (Lithuanian), Ivana, Jovana (Macedonian), Jehanne, Johanne (Medieval French), Johanna, Johanne (Norwegian), Janina, Joanna (Polish), Joana (Portuguese), Ioana (Romanian), Yana, Zhanna, Zhannochka (Russian), Jean, Seonag, Sheena, Sìne, Jessie, Sìneag, Teasag (Scottish), Ivana, Jovana (Serbian), Jana (Slovak), Ivana, Jana (Slovene), Juana (Spanish), Janina, Janna, Johanna (Swedish), Siân, Sioned, Siwan, Siana, Siani (Welsh)
Janet Celebrities
Janet Jackson - musician, Janet Evanovich - writer, Janet Leigh - actress, Janet Biehl - writer, Janet Blair - actress, Janet Brown - published author, Janet Charman - writer, Janet Cooke - journalist, Janet Frame - published author, Janet Gretzky - actress, Janet Gunn - actress, Janet Hale - published author, Janet Johnson - published author, Janet Joy - writer,
