Janet Name Meaning

Gender :

Masculine

The masculine name Janet is used in American. Other countries in which name janet being used are , , Australian, , British, Chinese, Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Hebrew, Irish, Jamaican. Janet is not very commonly used baby name for boy. Ranked at 973 in top 1000 names.

Janet is also used as baby girl name in countries American, australian, british, chinese, danish, dutch, english, french, german, hebrew, irish, jamaican, nigerian, scottish.

Used in country/religion :

American , Australian

Variant Names of Janet:

Gianetta, Janeta, Janeth, Janett, Janetta, Janette, Janit, Jannet, Janneth, Janetta, Janne, Janis, Jenny, Jean, Jaynie, Janeta, Janita, Janit

Rhyming Names of Janet: 

Names Similar to Janet :

Jane, Janee, Janell, Janella, Janelle, Janene, Janey, Janek, Janee, Janell

Popularity Rank :

Janet name was top ranked at 53 position in American during year 1930and most recently ranked at 1540 position in American during year 2012

Name Janet has been Common throughout the last hundred plus years and ranked at 8283 position. 1518 numbers of people were named Janet so far in last 100 years. (SSA)

More about :

The feminine name Janet is the medieval diminutive of Jane, which is the Medieval English version of Jehanne. Jehanne was the Old French feminine version of Iohannes or John, which was taken from the Hebrew name Yochanan that means “Yahweh is gracious”. While others believe that the name means “Little Joan” and is a variation of Jeanette or Jeanne. These names are modern French version of the name Jehanne, which is also another feminine version of John.

 

The name Jane surpassed Joan, as the most common feminine version of John back in the 17th century. In fact, Joan of Arc is well-known as Jeanne d’Arc in France.

Janet Numerology :

Personality No. 8. People with name Janet are bold & materialistic but rigid too. They have strong will power. They love power, authority & leadership. Person with Janet having 8 as Personality number are good planners & very good at business. They are analytical, intellectual & determined. They are religious, efficient, trustworthy & compassionate. They are tenacious, & ambitious. More Numerology