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Johnette
How to Pronounce Johnette
Pronounced joh-NET /dʒoʊˈnɛt/High
Meaning: Johnette is a feminine coinage built from John plus the French diminutive suffix -ette, 'little'. John comes from Hebrew Yochanan, 'God is gracious' (or 'Yahweh is gracious'), so Johnette carries that inherited meaning in a distinctly feminine, mid-century American shape — a sister to Johnnie, Joan and Jeannette.Medium
Popularity in the U.S. · SSA data
U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880–present). Pink marker = peak year.
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History & Origin
Johnette is an American feminine form of John, made with the French diminutive -ette. John itself is one of the most enduring of all names, from Hebrew Yochanan, 'God is gracious'. Johnette rode the mid-twentieth-century fashion for -ette endings, which lent an air of Continental style to homegrown feminizations.
It crested near sixty girls a year around 1949 and then faded as the -ette fashion cooled. A woman given it at its peak would be in her seventies now, and it reads today as a warmly dated mid-century name rather than one on the rise.
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What does the name Johnette mean?
Johnette is a feminine form of John, which means 'God is gracious' in Hebrew, with the French diminutive -ette.
How do you pronounce Johnette?
It's said joh-NET /dʒoʊˈnɛt/ — two syllables, stress on the second.
Is Johnette a boy or girl name?
Johnette is used as a girl's name.
How popular is Johnette?
Johnette was an uncommon mid-century feminine name that crested at mid-century and has been rare since.