Janet (given name)
Janet is a feminine given name meaning "God is gracious or gift from God". It is the feminine form of John. It is a variation of the French proper noun Jeannette, Spanish proper noun Juanita, Russian Жанет (Zhanet), Circassian Джэнэт (Janet), and Hungarian Zsanett. It is also the diminutive of Jeanne or Jane.
| Pronunciation | /ˈdʒænɪt/ JAN-it |
|---|---|
| Gender | Female |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | [Hebrew] |
| Meaning | "God is gracious" or "gift from God" |
| Other names | |
| Related names | Jeanette, Jane, Juanita, Jeanne, Janeth, Janat |
List of people with the given name Janet
- Janet Adamson (1882–1962), Scottish politician
- Janet Amos, Canadian actress, theatre director, educator and playwright
- Janet Beery, American mathematician and historian of mathematics
- Janet Carr, Australian physiotherapist
- Janet Cooke (born 1954), disgraced American journalist, forced to return a Pulitzer Prize for a fabricated story
- Janet Ellis (born 1955), British television presenter
- Janet Evans, American Olympic Champion swimmer
- Janet Fielding, Australian Actress
- Janet Fockart (died 1596), Scottish merchant and moneylender
- Janet Franklin, American geographer and landscape ecologist
- Janet Gaynor, American actress
- Janet Grogan, Irish Singer Songwriter
- Janet Guthrie (born 1938), American race driver
- Janet Holm (1923–2018), New Zealand environmental activist and historian
- Janette Husárová, Slovak tennis player
- Janet Jackson (born 1966), American singer, songwriter, dancer, and actress
- Janet Jagan, Prime Minister of Guyana 1997, President of Guyana 1997–1999
- Janet Kigusiuq (1926–2005), Inuit artist
- Janet Lacey (1903–1988), English charity director and philanthropist
- Janet Lee Bouvier, US socialite, mother of the First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy
- Janet Leigh (1927–2004), American actress
- Janet Lennon, American singer
- Janet Cook Lewis (1855–1947), American librarian and book repairer
- Janet Lupo (1959–2017), Playboy model
- Janet Lynn, American figure skater
- Janet Maratita, politician from the Northern Mariana Islands
- Janet Margolin (1943–1993), American actress
- Janet Maslin, American journalist
- Janet McTeer (born 1961), British actress
- Janet Munsil, Canadian playwright
- Janet Lim-Napoles (born 1964), Chinese–Filipino businesswoman and convict
- Janet Napolitano, American politician
- Janet Nungnik (born 1954), Inuit textile artist
- Janet Perlman (born 1954), Canadian animator and children's book author and illustrator
- Janet Meakin Poor, American landscape designer
- Janet Reed (1916–2000), American ballerina and ballet mistress
- Janet Reno, former Attorney General of the United States
- Janet Rono (born 1988), Kenyan marathon runner
- Janet Smith (disambiguation), various people
- Janet L. Smith (born 1951), American scientist
- Janet Street-Porter, British media personality
- Janet Waldo, American actress and voice-over artist
- Janet Watt, New Zealand female badminton player
- Janet Wittes, American statistician
- Janet C. Wolfenbarger, lieutenant general and highest-ranking woman in the United States Air Force
- Janet Woollacott (1939–2011), a British-born French singer
- Janet Wright, Canadian actress and theater director
- Janet Yates, Irish archer
- Janet Yellen, American economist and Federal Reserve Chair
- Janet Suzman, British–South African actress
- Janet Zarish (born 1954), American actress, director, and teacher
Fictional characters with the given name Janet
- Janet, a character in The Good Place
- Janet, a character in Brawl Stars
- Janet Barch, a character in Daria
- Janet Chant, a character in Diana Wynne Jones' Chrestomanci series
- Janet Cunningham, a character in The Final Destination
- Janet Cruise, a character in the 1988 American science fiction movie Mac and Me
- Janet Drake, mother of Timothy Drake
- Janet van Dyne, aka the Wasp, a superhero in the Marvel Universe
- Janet Fraiser, a character in Stargate SG-1
- Janet Keogh, a primary character in Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps
- Janet Kim, a primary character in Kim's Convenience
- Janet Pearson, a character in 1989 American independent coming of age comedy movie She's Out of Control
- Janet Weiss, a character in The Rocky Horror Picture Show
- Janet Wood, a character in Three's Company
- Janet, the heroine of Tam Lin. Alternately named Margaret in several versions
- Janet, a character in Quake Live
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