Janet is a feminine given name meaning "God is gracious or gift from God". It is the feminine form of John. It is a variation of the

French French (french: français(e), link=no) may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to France ** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents ** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with Franc ...

proper noun ''Jeannette'', Spanish proper noun ''Juanita'', Russian ''Жанет'' (Zhanet), Circassian ''Джэнэт'' (Janet), and Hungarian ''Zsanett''. It is also the diminutive of ''Jeanne'' or '' Jane''.

List of people with the given name Janet

* Janet Adamson (1882–1962), Scottish politician * Janet Amos, Canadian actress, theatre director, educator and playwright * Janet Beery, American mathematician and historian of mathematics * Janet Carr, Australian physiotherapist *

Janet Cooke Janet Leslie Cooke (born July 23, 1954) is an American former journalist. She received a Pulitzer Prize in 1981 for an article written for '' The Washington Post''. The story was later discovered to have been fabricated and Cooke returned the Pul ...

(born 1954), disgraced American journalist, forced to return a Pulitzer Prize for a fabricated story * Janet Ellis (born 1955), British television presenter * Janet Evans, American Olympic Champion swimmer *

Janet Fielding Janet Fielding (born Janet Claire Mahoney; 9 September 1953) is an Australian actress who starred in the BBC science fiction television series '' Doctor Who'' as companion Tegan Jovanka. Early life and career Fielding was born in Brisbane. A ...

, Australian Actress *

Janet Fockart Janet Fockart (died 1596), was a Scottish merchant and moneylender. Life Little is known of her background. In the 15th-century there was a Scottish landowning family, Folkert of Folkertoun, and she may have been a relation. Janet Fockart was ma ...

(died 1596), Scottish merchant and moneylender * Janet Franklin, American geographer and landscape ecologist * Janet Gaynor, American actress *

Janet Grogan Janet Grogan is an Irish singer and songwriter. She comes from Dublin, Ireland. Training In 2008, Grogan studied Pop Music Design at the Popakademie Baden-Württemberg in Mannheim, Germany as an exchange student on a scholarship. Caree ...

, Irish Singer Songwriter * Janet Guthrie (born 1938), American race driver * Janet Holm (1923–2018), New Zealand environmental activist and historian * Janette Husárová, Slovak tennis player *

Janet Jackson Janet Damita Jo Jackson (born May 16, 1966) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and dancer. She is noted for her innovative, socially conscious and sexually provocative records, as well as elaborate stage shows. Her sound and choreog ...

(born 1966), American singer, songwriter, dancer, and actress * Janet Jagan, Prime Minister of Guyana 1997, President of Guyana 1997–1999 * Janet Kigusiuq (1926–2005), Inuit artist *

Janet Lacey Janet Lacey (25 October 1903 – 11 July 1988) was an English charity director and philanthropist who led the British Council Inter-Church Aid and Refugee Department (later called Christian Aid) from 1952 to 1968. She began working for the You ...

(1903–1988), English charity director and philanthropist * Janet Lee Bouvier, US socialite, mother of the First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy *

Janet Leigh Jeanette Helen Morrison (July 6, 1927 – October 3, 2004), known professionally as Janet Leigh, was an American actress, singer, dancer, and author. Her career spanned over five decades. Raised in Stockton, California, by working-class parents, ...

(1927–2004), American actress *

Janet Lennon The Lennon Sisters are an American vocal group made up of four sisters. The quartet originally consisted of Dianne (aka DeeDee; born Dianne Barbara, December 1, 1939), Peggy (born Margaret Anne, April 8, 1941), Kathy (born Kathleen Mary, Augu ...

, American singer *

Janet Cook Lewis Janet Cook Lewis (June 17, 1855 – January 18, 1947) was an American portrait painter, librarian, and bookbinder who specialized in book conservation and restoration. She was known as the "Doctor of Books". Not only was she an experienced librari ...

(1855-1947), American librarian and book repairer * Janet Lupo (1959–2017), ''Playboy'' model *

Janet Lynn Janet Lynn Nowicki (born April 6, 1953) is an American figure skater. She is the 1972 Olympic bronze medalist, a two-time world championships medalist, and a seven-time U.S. national champion. Amateur career Lynn began to skate almost as soon ...

, American figure skater * Janet Maratita, politician from the Northern Mariana Islands * Janet Margolin (1943–1993), American actress * Janet Maslin, American journalist * Janet McTeer (born 1961), British actress * Janet Munsil, Canadian playwright * Janet Lim-Napoles (born 1964), Chinese-Filipino businesswoman and convict *

Janet Napolitano Janet Ann Napolitano (; born November 29, 1957) is an American politician, lawyer, and university administrator who served as the 21st governor of Arizona from 2003 to 2009 and third United States secretary of homeland security from 2009 to 2 ...

, American politician *

Janet Nungnik Janet Nungnik (born 1954) or Janet Anautalik Nungnik is an Inuit textile artist who lives and works in Qamani’tuaq, which is also known as Baker Lake, Nunavut, Canada. She is known for her colourful applique and embroidery works that displa ...

(born 1954), Inuit textile artist * Janet Perlman (born 1954), Canadian animator and children's book author and illustrator * Janet Meakin Poor, American landscape designer *

Janet Reed Janet Reed (September 15, 1916 – February 28, 2000) was an American ballerina and ballet mistress. She danced with San Francisco Ballet from 1937 to 1941 as leading ballerina. Reed worked with Ballet Theatre from 1943 to 1947 and then with New ...

(1916–2000), American ballerina and ballet mistress *

Janet Reno Janet Wood Reno (July 21, 1938 – November 7, 2016) was an American lawyer who served as the 78th United States attorney general. She held the position from 1993 to 2001, making her the second-longest serving attorney general, behind only Wi ...

, former Attorney General of the United States * Janet Rono (born 1988), Kenyan marathon runner *

Janet Smith (disambiguation) Janet Smith may refer to: * Janet Kennedy Smith (1902–?), Scottish-born Canadian murder victim in the Janet Smith case * Janet Adam Smith (1905–1999), Scottish writer, editor, and literary journalist * Janet Smith (Rhodesia) (1915–1994), wife ...

, various people *

Janet L. Smith Janet Louise Smith (born 1951) is the Margaret J. Hunter Collegiate Professor in the Life Sciences Institute, director of the Center for Structural biology, Structural Biology at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, prof ...

(born 1951), American scientist * Janet Street-Porter, British media personality * Janet Waldo, American actress and voice-over artist *

Janet Watt Janet Watt (born 23 March 1952) is a former New Zealand female badminton player. She represented New Zealand at the 1985 Summer Deaflympics held in Los Angeles and she won the gold medal in the Badminton at the Deaflympics, Women's doubles badmin ...

, New Zealand female badminton player *

Janet Wittes Janet Turk Wittes is an American statistician known for her work on clinical trials. Education Wittes is the daughter of a chemist and a psychologist. She began her studies at Radcliffe College in the biochemistry program, choosing it over chemist ...

, American statistician * Janet C. Wolfenbarger, lieutenant general and highest-ranking woman in the United States Air Force * Janet Wright, Canadian actress and theater director *

Janet Yates Janet Yates is a Northern Irish archer. She represented Northern Ireland at the 1982 Commonwealth Games The 1982 Commonwealth Games were held in Brisbane, Australia, from 30 September to 9 October 1982. The Opening Ceremony was held at th ...

, Irish archer * Janet Yellen, American economist and Federal Reserve Chair *

Janet Suzman Dame Janet Suzman, (born 9 February 1939) is a South African-born British actress who enjoyed a successful early career in the Royal Shakespeare Company, later replaying many Shakespearean roles, among others, on TV. In her first film, ''Nicho ...

, British-South African actress * Janet Zarish (born 1954), American actress, director, and teacher

Fictional characters with the given name Janet

*Janet, a character in '' The Good Place'' *Janet, a character in '' Brawl Stars'' *

Janet Barch ''Daria'' is an animated sitcom that aired on MTV from 1997 to 2002. Main *Daria Morgendorffer (first appearance: Season 1, Episode 1, "Esteemsters"). An unfashionably dressed, bespectacled, highly intellectual, entirely pessimistic about life al ...

, a character in '' Daria'' *

Janet Cunningham ''The Final Destination'' (also known as ''Final Destination 4'') is a 2009 American 3D supernatural horror film written by Eric Bress and directed by David R. Ellis. It is the fourth installment in the ''Final Destination'' film series and t ...

, a character in '' The Final Destination'' * Janet Chant, a character in Diana Wynne Jones' '' Chrestomanci'' series * Janet Drake, mother of Timothy Drake *

Janet van Dyne The Wasp (Janet van Dyne) is a fictional character, fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by Stan Lee, Ernie Hart, and Jack Kirby, the character first appeared in ''Tales to Astonish'' #44 (Ju ...

, aka the Wasp, a superhero in the ''

Marvel Universe The Marvel Universe is a fictional shared universe where the stories in most American comic book titles and other media published by Marvel Comics take place. Super-teams such as the Avengers, the X-Men, the Fantastic Four, the Guardians of ...

'' * Janet Fraiser, a character in '' Stargate SG-1'' *Janet Keogh , a primary character in '' Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps'' *Janet Kim, a primary character in ''

Kim's Convenience ''Kim's Convenience'' is a Canadian television sitcom that aired on CBC Television from October 2016 to April 2021. It depicts the Korean Canadian Kim family that runs a convenience store in the Moss Park neighbourhood of Toronto: parents "Ap ...

'' *Janet Pearson, a character in 1989 American independent coming of age comedy movie '' She's Out of Control'' * Janet Weiss, a character in ''

The Rocky Horror Picture Show ''The Rocky Horror Picture Show'' is a 1975 Musical film, musical comedy horror film by 20th Century Fox, produced by Lou Adler and Michael White (producer), Michael White and directed by Jim Sharman. The screenplay was written by Sharman an ...

'' * Janet Wood, a character in '' Three's Company'' *Janet, the heroine of ''

Tam Lin Tam (or Tamas) Lin (also called Tamlane, Tamlin, Tambling, Tomlin, Tam Lien, Tam-a-Line, Tam Lyn, or Tam Lane) is a character in a legendary ballad originating from the Scottish Borders. It is also associated with a reel of the same name, also ...

''. Alternately named Margaret in several versions *Janet, a character in Quake Live {{given name Circassian feminine given names English feminine given names English-language feminine given names Feminine given names