Skip to content

Janet

proper noun

  1. female given name
L501161 on Wikidata ↗

Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒænɪt/ / /d͡ʒæˈnɛt/

name

Etymology: From Jane + -et, q.v. Chiefly Scottish until the 19th century. Doublet of Ivanka, Jan, Janelle, Janey, Janine, Jeanette, Jeanie, Jeannette, Jeannine, Jen, Jenna, Jenny, Jessie, Jo, Jody, Juanita, Shanae, Sinead, and Vanna.

  1. A female given name.

    Keek into the draw-well, Janet, Janet, And there ye'll see ye'r bonny fell, my jo Janet.

    Alice decided to have lots and lots of children and all of them with lovely names like Amanda-Jane and Arabella and Dominic and Ganymede. "But too many children will be expensive," Flora said. "I'm having two and mine aren't called such silly names as yours. Mine are called Andrew and Janet." "All right," Alice said, who was by nature accommodating. "Those are nice names, Flora."

  2. A hamlet in Alberta, Canada.
  3. A highly classified fleet of passenger aircraft used to transport the military and contractors.