Janet Forename
266th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 2,189,139 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Solomon Islands
Janet Forename Definition:
A female name. a diminutive of Jane (q.v.). Janeta is not uncommon in medieval records. It is now chiefly used in Scotland and is generally given as an independent name. Jonet and Jennet were other diminutive, from Jone and Jeanne. Jennet is found as late as 1660, and Lyford (1665) gives ‘Jennet diminutive from Jeane'.
Read More About This ForenameJanet Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 100% | 797,185 | 1:455 | 76 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 262,033 | 1:678 | 97 |
| England | 100% | 225,990 | 1:246 | 40 |
| Uganda | 100% | 140,831 | 1:291 | 56 |
| Kenya | 100% | 97,210 | 1:476 | 92 |
| Philippines | 99% | 88,200 | 1:1,202 | 247 |
| Ghana | 100% | 74,390 | 1:363 | 67 |
| Canada | 100% | 61,077 | 1:542 | 106 |
| Zambia | - | 37,434 | 1:424 | 85 |
| Mexico | 100% | 35,004 | 1:3,547 | 476 |
| Malawi | 100% | 32,151 | 1:532 | 115 |
| Zimbabwe | 99% | 31,124 | 1:496 | 69 |
| Scotland | 100% | 26,185 | 1:204 | 39 |
| Peru | 100% | 24,770 | 1:1,283 | 260 |
| Papua New Guinea | 99% | 20,711 | 1:394 | 33 |
| Australia | - | 19,157 | 1:713 | 160 |
| South Africa | 100% | 15,347 | 1:3,553 | 682 |
| Wales | 100% | 13,262 | 1:233 | 40 |
| Rwanda | 100% | 13,052 | 1:871 | 202 |
| Liberia | 99% | 11,455 | 1:385 | 76 |
| Sudan | 100% | 9,122 | 1:4,145 | 666 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 8,922 | 1:1,894 | 392 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 8,744 | 1:811 | 188 |
| New Zealand | - | 8,277 | 1:548 | 124 |
| Jamaica | - | 6,886 | 1:419 | 78 |
| Germany | 100% | 6,443 | 1:15,005 | 830 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 6,357 | 1:885 | 187 |
| Mozambique | - | 4,800 | 1:5,676 | 1,044 |
| Chile | 100% | 4,750 | 1:3,707 | 434 |
| Ecuador | - | 4,708 | 1:3,765 | 485 |
| Egypt | 100% | 4,641 | 1:19,802 | 1,525 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 4,223 | 1:138 | 11 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 4,076 | 1:12,951 | 1,538 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 4,010 | 1:7,532 | 866 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 3,661 | 1:5,903 | 857 |
| India | 100% | 3,465 | 1:350,614 | 31,214 |
| Malaysia | 98% | 3,330 | 1:9,144 | 1,048 |
| Ireland | 100% | 3,182 | 1:1,459 | 250 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 3,175 | 1:3,285 | 522 |
| Iraq | 100% | 3,119 | 1:11,227 | 859 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 2,972 | 1:10,368 | 1,491 |
| Colombia | 98% | 2,785 | 1:17,156 | 1,261 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 2,767 | 1:666 | 157 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 2,633 | 1:1,348 | 191 |
| Spain | 100% | 2,458 | 1:18,930 | 1,133 |
| Cuba | - | 2,440 | 1:4,716 | 534 |
| Sweden | 100% | 2,266 | 1:4,350 | 513 |
| Gambia | - | 1,999 | 1:964 | 190 |
| Bolivia | 100% | 1,925 | 1:5,507 | 779 |
| Brazil | 100% | 1,617 | 1:132,490 | 6,712 |
| Bahamas | - | 1,595 | 1:250 | 35 |
| Botswana | 98% | 1,567 | 1:1,394 | 253 |
| China | - | 1,542 | 1:885,899 | 32,764 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 1,271 | 1:76,759 | 6,049 |
| France | 100% | 1,084 | 1:61,320 | 1,701 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 1,076 | 1:1,265 | 233 |
| Singapore | 100% | 952 | 1:6,604 | 1,202 |
| Indonesia | 67% | 936 | 1:275,602 | 24,563 |
| Hong Kong | - | 921 | 1:8,418 | 783 |
| Iran | 100% | 774 | 1:101,417 | 2,575 |
| Thailand | 100% | 758 | 1:92,435 | 8,031 |
| Jordan | 100% | 756 | 1:11,676 | 861 |
| Bangladesh | 100% | 733 | 1:217,546 | 10,835 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 715 | 1:29,090 | 3,562 |
| Guyana | 100% | 679 | 1:1,124 | 172 |
| Vanuatu | - | 636 | 1:412 | 88 |
| Poland | 100% | 613 | 1:62,034 | 1,561 |
| Syria | - | 587 | 1:32,889 | 1,396 |
| Nicaragua | 99% | 577 | 1:10,430 | 1,077 |
| Qatar | 100% | 555 | 1:4,270 | 663 |
| Denmark | - | 546 | 1:10,347 | 866 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 531 | 1:15,468 | 1,239 |
| Norway | 100% | 511 | 1:10,044 | 879 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 508 | 1:6,747 | 584 |
| Togo | - | 494 | 1:14,654 | 1,924 |
| Argentina | 100% | 479 | 1:89,297 | 1,778 |
| Portugal | - | 424 | 1:24,554 | 1,086 |
| Turkey | 100% | 393 | 1:197,969 | 4,446 |
| Palestine | 99% | 383 | 1:11,880 | 878 |
| Malta | - | 364 | 1:1,180 | 245 |
| Barbados | - | 360 | 1:805 | 187 |
| Israel | 100% | 334 | 1:25,158 | 2,155 |
| Italy | 100% | 330 | 1:185,037 | 2,726 |
| Panama | 100% | 327 | 1:11,947 | 1,481 |
| Jersey | 100% | 308 | 1:325 | 65 |
| Isle of Man | 100% | 303 | 1:281 | 96 |
| Bahrain | - | 296 | 1:4,556 | 731 |
| Fiji | - | 288 | 1:3,099 | 856 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 283 | 1:388 | 41 |
| Swaziland | - | 282 | 1:4,611 | 838 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 282 | 1:84,290 | 10,656 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 274 | 1:363 | 23 |
| Congo | 85% | 274 | 1:18,282 | 1,945 |
| Kuwait | - | 256 | 1:14,786 | 1,684 |
| Greece | 100% | 254 | 1:43,049 | 1,578 |
| Belgium | 100% | 238 | 1:48,277 | 2,412 |
| Guernsey | - | 229 | 1:277 | 69 |
| Namibia | - | 227 | 1:10,591 | 1,265 |
| Belize | 100% | 223 | 1:1,589 | 357 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 221 | 1:3,942 | 515 |
| Guam | - | 213 | 1:754 | 144 |
| Austria | 100% | 203 | 1:41,942 | 1,371 |
| DR Congo | 72% | 199 | 1:370,993 | 14,033 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 183 | 1:88,024 | 2,096 |
| Suriname | 100% | 181 | 1:3,054 | 705 |
| Bermuda | - | 175 | 1:370 | 45 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 175 | 1:350 | 36 |
| Japan | - | 152 | 1:842,014 | 14,006 |
| Dominica | - | 150 | 1:503 | 114 |
| El Salvador | - | 149 | 1:42,562 | 1,487 |
| Pakistan | 89% | 143 | 1:1,359,145 | 21,545 |
| Finland | 100% | 135 | 1:40,616 | 1,554 |
| Honduras | 100% | 118 | 1:74,724 | 2,783 |
| Brunei | - | 93 | 1:4,512 | 458 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 93 | 1:76,903 | 6,422 |
| Micronesia | - | 91 | 1:1,170 | 173 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 88 | 1:1,268 | 217 |
| South Korea | - | 82 | 1:67,615 | 4,021 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 77 | 1:712 | 124 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 75 | 1:729 | 130 |
| Russia | 93% | 75 | 1:1,923,116 | 13,165 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 70 | 1:68,114 | 2,629 |
| Romania | 100% | 66 | 1:303,818 | 9,414 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 64 | 1:113,075 | 2,633 |
| Estonia | 100% | 57 | 1:23,077 | 1,849 |
| Saint Lucia | 98% | 57 | 1:3,120 | 565 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 100% | 56 | 1:620 | 118 |
| Aruba | - | 54 | 1:1,922 | 390 |
| Czechia | 100% | 47 | 1:226,727 | 1,715 |
| Seychelles | 100% | 45 | 1:2,059 | 474 |
| Kazakhstan | 95% | 39 | 1:455,047 | 7,005 |
| British Virgin Islands | 100% | 38 | 1:822 | 162 |
| Grenada | 100% | 38 | 1:2,845 | 556 |
| Angola | 100% | 36 | 1:749,072 | 2,190 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 36 | 1:162 | 36 |
| Haiti | 100% | 35 | 1:306,484 | 11,774 |
| Yemen | - | 35 | 1:751,336 | 2,797 |
| American Samoa | - | 34 | 1:1,642 | 233 |
| Northern Cyprus | 100% | 33 | 1:9,640 | 1,141 |
| Croatia | 100% | 28 | 1:150,610 | 3,044 |
| Gibraltar | - | 27 | 1:1,264 | 259 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 26 | 1:1,970 | 302 |
| Burundi | 100% | 25 | 1:396,262 | 737 |
| Hungary | 99% | 23 | 1:425,729 | 1,669 |
| Macau | - | 20 | 1:30,410 | 434 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 18 | 1:736 | 98 |
| Iceland | 100% | 18 | 1:20,334 | 1,387 |
| Algeria | 100% | 17 | 1:2,245,689 | 7,003 |
| Bulgaria | - | 17 | 1:411,199 | 7,134 |
| Oman | - | 17 | 1:241,686 | 3,539 |
| Georgia | 63% | 16 | 1:233,654 | 5,937 |
| Monaco | 100% | 15 | 1:2,564 | 491 |
| Tunisia | - | 15 | 1:45,127 | 2,412 |
| Cambodia | 100% | 14 | 1:1,162,381 | 17,251 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 14 | 1:145,714 | 11,276 |
| Vietnam | - | 13 | 1:7,124,855 | 3,818 |
| Armenia | 100% | 12 | 1:243,229 | 3,990 |
| Belarus | 100% | 11 | 1:862,035 | 4,760 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 11 | 1:286 | 37 |
| Benin | - | 10 | 1:1,057,584 | 26,153 |
| Cook Islands | 100% | 10 | 1:1,815 | 293 |
| Ivory Coast | 71% | 10 | 1:2,307,593 | 50,152 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 10 | 1:245,876 | 4,150 |
| Libya | - | 9 | 1:691,257 | 1,282 |
| Samoa | - | 9 | 1:21,688 | 450 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 9 | 1:21,333 | 1,816 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 9 | 1:1,283,447 | 1,308 |
| Tonga | - | 9 | 1:11,937 | 236 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 9 | 1:3,420,716 | 8,576 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 8 | 1:6,141 | 867 |
| Moldova | - | 8 | 1:445,142 | 2,889 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 8 | 1:663,758 | 2,742 |
| Burkina Faso | - | 6 | 1:3,063,245 | 50,518 |
| Montserrat | - | 6 | 1:813 | 112 |
| Ukraine | - | 6 | 1:7,583,318 | 11,559 |
| Afghanistan | - | 5 | 1:6,524,703 | 31,933 |
| Albania | 100% | 5 | 1:609,314 | 20,025 |
| Curaçao | - | 5 | 1:31,161 | 859 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 5 | 1:112,810 | 2,667 |
| Maldives | - | 5 | 1:86,781 | 2,313 |
| Mauritius | - | 5 | 1:259,557 | 4,811 |
| Senegal | 100% | 5 | 1:2,916,271 | 15,947 |
| Azerbaijan | - | 4 | 1:2,410,736 | 23,569 |
| Gabon | - | 4 | 1:470,834 | 2,822 |
| Morocco | - | 4 | 1:8,587,159 | 11,086 |
| Cape Verde | - | 3 | 1:176,384 | 4,377 |
| Lithuania | - | 3 | 1:983,961 | 3,563 |
| Nepal | - | 3 | 1:9,495,784 | 71,056 |
| Abkhazia | 100% | 2 | 1:121,711 | 2,524 |
| Bhutan | - | 2 | 1:412,464 | 4,948 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 2 | 1:1,762,229 | 6,852 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 2 | 1:2,986,638 | 34,954 |
| Serbia | - | 2 | 1:3,572,860 | 8,125 |
| Andorra | - | 1 | 1:82,887 | 1,356 |
| Djibouti | - | 1 | 1:915,664 | 2,132 |
| Eritrea | - | 1 | 1:4,752,977 | 997 |
| Guinea | - | 1 | 1:11,858,647 | 7,978 |
| Kiribati | - | 1 | 1:113,394 | 1,211 |
| Laos | - | 1 | 1:6,586,856 | 1,888 |
| Latvia | - | 1 | 1:2,015,645 | 6,531 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 1 | 1:37,856 | 1,091 |
| North Macedonia | - | 1 | 1:2,090,757 | 15,787 |
| Mali | - | 1 | 1:16,977,755 | 8,714 |
| Montenegro | - | 1 | 1:634,576 | 4,914 |
| Nauru | 100% | 1 | 1:11,927 | 903 |
| New Caledonia | - | 1 | 1:270,164 | 3,221 |
| Niger | - | 1 | 1:19,183,994 | 77,442 |
| Niue | - | 1 | 1:1,604 | 70 |
| Palau | - | 1 | 1:21,711 | 239 |
| Saint Martin | - | 1 | 1:35,746 | 277 |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | - | 1 | 1:6,315 | 385 |
| Turkmenistan | 100% | 1 | 1:5,472,870 | 3,925 |
| Tuvalu | - | 1 | 1:11,131 | 89 |
The alternate forms: Janét (10) & Jánet (1) are calculated separately.
Janet (19,539) may also be a surname.
Janet Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A female name. a diminutive of Jane (q.v.). Janeta is not uncommon in medieval records. It is now chiefly used in Scotland and is generally given as an independent name. Jonet and Jennet were other diminutive, from Jone and Jeanne. Jennet is found as late as 1660, and Lyford (1665) gives ‘Jennet diminutive from Jeane'. Jonet has been occasionally revived in recent years.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
Occasionally JANNET. A Scottish one. Cf. Jane.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
A diminutive of Jane.
— Prænomina (1882) by Richard Stephen Charnock
Hebrew (feminine) - God’s grace, or God’s gift.
— What is Your Name? (1863) by Sophy Moody
A Hebrew name, meaning: Little one of divine grace.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Janet Forename Popularity
Janet Demographics
Average Janet Salary in
United States
$45,658 USD
Per year
Rank:
174,619 of 531,972
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.243142
Rank: 68 of 532,209
Percentage of national average salary:
104.89%
Sample size: 438,995 (2014)
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD
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