Details for the forename Jeanette

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Jeanette (female)


Variants:	Janet (F) Jeannette (F) Jennet (F)
Diminutive for:	Janette (F)
Pet Name(s):	Nettie (F)
Derivative of:	Jeanne (F)
Can be spelt:	Genette (F)

Source(s):	"Scottish Forenames" - Donald Whyte, FGH, FSG Personal communications [BS, EA]
Notes:	Jeanette is the English spelling variant of Jeannette, which is a French diminutive of Jeanne. Jennet is shown in the Oxford Names Companion as a spelling variant of Jeanette but it also says it was used in medieval times as a diminutive [or pet name] for Jean.