Janet (first name)

Janet is a female given name .

Origin and meaning of the name

Janet is the Anglo-American variant of Johanna . Johanna is originally composed of the Hebrew terms yahweh "name of God" and chanan "favor, be gracious".

variants

• Janette
• Janett
• Jeanette

name day

• Janet: July 28th

Well-known namesake

• Janet Ågren (born 1949), Swedish actress
• Janet Alegría (* 1987), Mexican Taekwondoin
• Janet Amponsah (* 1993), Ghanaian sprinter
• Janet Asimov (1926–2019), American science fiction writer and psychoanalyst
• Janet Austin (born 1956 or 1957), Canadian social manager
• Janet Badjan-Young (* 1937), Gambian playwright
• Janet Baker (born 1933), British mezzo-soprano
• Janet Balaskas (* 1946), British midwife, author and founder of the Active Birth Movement
• Janet Beccaloni (* 1966), British arachnologist and curator
• Janet Beecher (1884–1955), American actress
• Janet Biehl (* 1953), American anarcho-feminist
• Janet Blair (1921–2007), American actress
• Janet Brooks Gerloff (1947–2008), American-German painter
• Janet Brown (1923-2011), British actress
• Janet Carroll (1940–2012), American actress, musical artist and singer
• Janet Cole (1922–2002), American actress
• Janet Evanovich (* 1943), American writer
• Janet Evans (* 1971), American swimmer
• Janet Fielding (born 1957), Australian actress
• Janet Flanner (1892–1978), American writer, journalist and feminist eccentric
• Janet Frame (1924-2004), New Zealand writer
• Janet Gaynor (1906-1984), American actress
• Janet Hubert (born 1956), American actress
• Janet Jackson (born 1966), American singer
• Janet Jagan (1920–2009), Guyanese politician
• Janet Kath (* 1964), Austrian manager
• Janet Lynn Kavandi (* 1959), American astronaut
• Janet Kear (1933-2004), British ornithologist
• Janet Kennedy (c.1483-1543), mistress of King James IV of Scotland
• Janet Kidder (about 1972), Canadian actress
• Janet Klein (* 1977), German biathlete
• Janet Knee (* 1944), Australian long jumper
• Janet Leigh (1927-2004), American film actress
• Janet Margolin (1943–1993), American film actress
• Janet McTeer (born 1961), British actress
• Janet Moreau (born 1927), American athlete
• Janet Munro (1934–1972), British actress
• Janet Napolitano (* 1957), American politician
• Janet Parker (1938–1978), British medical photographer
• Janet Reno (1938-2016), United States Attorney General (1993-2001)
• Janet Simpson (1944-2010), British athlete
• Janet Suzman (born 1939), South African actress
• Janet Tashjian (* 1956), American writer for children and young people
• Janet Todd (* 1942), British non-fiction author
• Janet Vaughan (1899–1993), British doctor and physiologist
• Janet Wright (badminton) (* around 1920), American badminton player
• Janet Wright (actress) (1945-2016), Canadian actress
• Janet Wright (tennis player) (born 1953), American tennis player
• Janet Yellen (* 1946), American economist
• Janet Young, Baroness Young (1926–2002), British politician (Conservative Party)