Jeanette (or Jeannette, Jeannetta or Jeanetta) is a female name, a diminutive form of the name Jeanne. Other variations are Janette and Janet. The name is derived from the Hebrew "God is gracious". Notable people Jeanette (Spanish singer) (born 1951), Spanish singer Jeanette Antolin (born 1981), American gymnast Jeannette Armstrong (born 1948), Canadian author Jeanetta Arnette (born 1954), American actress Jeanette Aw (born 1979), Singaporean actress Jeanette Berglind (1816–1903), Swedish sign language pedagogue Jeanette Biedermann (born 1980), German singer and actress Jeannette Bougrab, French lawyer and politician. Jeanette Dyrkjær (1963–2011), Danish nude model and adult actress Jeannette Escanilla (born 1961), Swedish politician Jeannette zu Fürstenberg (born 1982), German businesswoman and aristocrat Jeannette Gadson (1945–2007), New York politician Jeanette Granberg (1825–1857), Swedish playwright Jeanette Guysi (1873–1966), American painter Jeannette Lee, British music record executive Jeannette H. Lee (formerly Jeannette Lee White), American entrepreneur Jeanette Lee (born 1971), American professional pool player Jeanette Loff (1906–1942), American actress and singer Jeanette MacDonald (1903–1965), American actress and singer Jennette McCurdy (born 1992), American actress Jeanette DuBois Meech (1835–1911), American evangelist and industrial educator Jeanetta Calhoun Mish (born 1961), American poet Jeannette Ng, Hong Kong-born British fantasy author Jeanette Oppenheim (born 1952), Danish lawyer and politician, MEP Jeannette Rankin (1880–1973), American social worker, first woman elected to the United States Congress Jeannette Walls (born 1960), American writer Jeannette Walworth (1835–1918), American novelist, journalist Jeanette Wässelius (1784–1853), Swedish opera singer Jeanette Winterson (born 1959), British novelist Fictional characters Jeannette (comics), a fictional banshee in the DC Comics Universe Jeanette Miller, one of the Chipettes in Alvin and the Chipmunks Jeanette Turner is one of the two main protagonists of Freeform's 2021 miniseries Cruel Summer French feminine given names