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 proper noun Jeannette, Spanish proper noun Juanita, Russian Жанет (Zhanet), Circassian Джэнэт (Dzhenet), and Hungarian Zsanett. It is also the diminutive of Jeanne or Jane.
People with the given name Janet
Janet Aalfs (born 1956), American poet and martial artist Janet Abbate (born 1962), American associate professor of science, technology, and society Janet Abu-Lughod (1928–2013), American sociologist Janet Abuel (born 1971), Filipino lawyer, accountant, and public servant Janet Achola (born 1988), Ugandan middle-distance runner Janet Achurch (1863–1916), English stage actress and actor-manager Janet Ackland (1938–2019), Welsh international lawn- and indoor bowler Janet Adair (c. 1892–1938), American vaudeville-, ragtime-, musical revue-, and musical comedy performer Janet Adam (1940–2021), Scottish potter and sculptor Janet Adams (born 1937), American politician Janet Adelman (1941–2010), American Shakespeare scholar, literary critic, and professor of English Janet Adkins (born 1965), American politician Janet Afary, Iranian-born American author, feminist activist, and researcher of history, religious studies, and women studies Janet Ågren (born 1949), Swedish actress and model Janet Ahlberg (1944–1994), English writer of children's books Janet Aitken, several people Janet Ajzenstat (born 1936), Canadian professor emeritus of political science Janet Akinrinade (1930–1994), Nigerian politician Janet Akyüz Mattei (1943–2004), Turkish-American astronomer Janet Albrechtsen (born 1966), Australian opinion columnist Janet Alcoriza (1918–1998), American screenwriter and actress Janet Aldrich (born 1956), American actress and singer Janet Alexander (1878–1961), English actress Janet Allard, American playwright and theater educator Janet Allen, American biochemist and industrial engineer Janet Allison, American sex offender Janet Amos (born 1944), Canadian actress, educator, playwright, and theater director Janet Amponsah (born 1993), Ghanaian sprinter Janet Amsden, British actress Janet Ancel, American politician Janet and Anne Grahame Johnstone (1928–1979), English children's book illustrators Janet Anderson (disambiguation), several people Janet Andrewartha (1951–2024), Australian television- and theater actress Janet Anne Galloway (1841–1909), Scottish activist for women's rights and education Janet Arceo (born 1955), Mexican actress, TV presenter, announcer, director, and businesswoman Janet Archer (1873–1916), English artist Janet Arnold (1932–1998), British clothing historian, costume designer, teacher, conservator, and author Janet Arnott (1956–2019), Canadian curler and Olympic champion coach Janet Arvizo, American prosecuting witness in the Michael Jackson Trial Janet Asimov (1926–2019), American science fiction writer, psychiatrist, and psychoanalyst Janet Askew (?–2015), New Zealand nurse Janet Auchincloss Rutherfurd (1945–1985), American socialite Janet Aulisio, American role-playing game artist Janet Austin (born 1956/1957), Canadian non-profit sector executive and public servant Janet Awino (born 1985), Kenyan rugby sevens player Janet Ayer Fairbank (1878–1951), American author and suffragette Janet Babb, American geologist Janet Backhouse (1938–2004), English manuscripts curator Janet Ruth Bacon (1891–1965), English university principal Janet Bagguley, English international footballer Janet Baird (born 2000), Australian AFLW player Janet Baker (born 1933), English mezzo-soprano Janet M. Baker, American academic and speech processing researcher Janet Balaskas, South African author and childbirth educator Janet Banana (1938–2021), Zimbabwean teacher who became First Lady of Zimbabwe Janet Bannister, Canadian business executive and venture capitalist Janet Banzet (1934–1971), American actress Janet Barlow, several people Janet Barnes, British curator and museum director Janet Barnett, American professor of mathematics Janet Barresi (born 1952), American politician Janet Barrowman (1879–1955), Scottish suffragette Janet Barth, American radiation engineer Janet Basco, Filipino singer Janet Bately, British academic Janet Bathgate (1806–1898), Scottish writer and schoolteacher Janet Baus, American documentary film- and television director, producer, and editor Janet Bayly (born 1955), New Zealand photographer, museum director, and curator Janet Beat (born 1937), Scottish composer, music educator, and music writer Janet Beaton (1519–1569), Scottish aristocrat Janet Beavin Bavelas (1940–2022), American experimental social psychologist Janet Beecher (1884–1955), American actress Janet Beer (born 1956), British academic Janet Beery, American mathematician and mathematics historian Janet Behan (born 1954), English-Irish writer and actress Janet Beihoffer, American accountant Janet L. Beizer, American academic Janet Bell (born 1959), English middle-distance runner Janet Bennion (born 1964), American anthropologist professor Janet Benshoof (1947–2017), American human rights lawyer Janet Bentley, American dramaturg at the August Strindberg Repertory Theatre Janet Bercovitz, American entrepreneurship scholar and professor Janet Berliner (1939–2012), American novelist Janet Bethune, Scottish wife of James Hamilton, 1st Earl of Arran Janet Bewley, several people Janet Biehl (born 1953), American artist, author, copyeditor, and translator Janet Biggs (born 1959), American artist Janet Billig Rich (born 1967), American artist manager, music supervisor, and producer Janet Bina Kahama (born 1943), Tanzanian politician Janet Birkmyre (born 1966), English track racing cyclist Janet Blair (singer-songwriter), American independent pop/Christian singer-songwriter Janet Blair (1921–2007), American actress and singer Janet Blake (?–1981), American-Canadian agricultural producer and philanthropist Janet Bloomfield (men’s rights activist) (born 1979/1980), Canadian men's rights activist Janet Bloomfield (1953–2007), British peace- and disarmament campaigner Janet Blunt (1859–1950), British folklorist Janet Bodnar, American editor and business- and financial journalist Janet Bond Arterton (born 1944), American inactive senior district judge Janet Bonnema (1938–2008), American civil engineer and women's rights activist Janet Bostwick (born 1939), Bahamian lawyer and politician Janet M. Box-Steffensmeier, American political scientist and professor Janet Boyd (1850–1928), English suffragette, feminist, and women's rights activist Janet Boyle (born 1963), Northern Irish high jumper Janet Boyman (?–1572), Scottish woman accused of witchcraft Janet Brady, Canadian candidate in the New Democratic Party of Manitoba candidates in the 1999 Manitoba provincial election Janet Bragg (1907–1993), American aviator Janet Braun-Reinitz (1938–2023), American muralist, painter, and activist committed to social justice Janet Brehaut (born 1988), New Zealand cricketer Janet Brennan Croft (born 1961), American librarian and Tolkien scholar Janet Brewster (born 1969/1970), Canadian Inuk politician Janet Bronwen Alun Pugh (1930–2017), English fashion model and psychotherapist Janet Broughton, American emerita professor of philosophy Janet Brown (disambiguation), several people Janet Browne (born 1950), British historian of science Janet Brumby, English development manager of Young Enterprise Janet Buckner, American politician Janet Bundi (born 1996), Kenyan footballer Janet Burchill (born 1955), Australian contemporary artist Janet Burke (born 1962), Jamaican sprinter Janet Burroway (born 1936), American author Janet Burston (1935–1998), American child actress Janet Burton, Welsh professor of medieval history Janet S. Butel, American professor of molecular virology and microbiology Janet Caird (1913–1992), Malawi-born Scottish teacher and a writer of mysteries, poems, and short stories Janet Camilo (born 1971), Dominican Republic lawyer Janet Campbell, several people Janet Cardiff (born 1957), Canadian artist Janet Carlson, American politician Janet Carnochan (1839–1926), Canadian historian and teacher Janet Carr (psychologist) (1927–2020), English psychologist Janet Carr (1933–2014), Australian academic and physiotherapist Janet Carroll (1940–2012), American film-, stage-, and television character actress Janet Carsten, British professor of social and cultural anthropology Janet Carter, New Zealand clinical psychology academic and professor- and dean of science Janet Catherine Berlo, American art historian and academic Janet Chance (1886–1953), British feminist writer, sex education advocate, and birth control- and abortion law reformer Janet Chandler (1911–1994), American model and actress Janet Chapman (?–2017), American author Janet Charman (born 1954), New Zealand poet Janet Cherobon-Bawcom (born 1978), American distance runner Janet Chisholm (1929–2004), British Cold War spy Janet Chow (born 1983), Hong Kong actress Janet Chvatal (born 1964), American soprano Janet Clark, several people Janet Clarke (1851–1909), Australian socialite and philanthropist Janet Coats Black (1844–1918), Scottish poet, philanthropist, and founder of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize Janet Coats (born 1963), American media journalism director and executive editor Janet Cobbs (born 1967), American/Canadian volleyball coach Janet Cochrane (1912–1994), Canadian community organizer and First Nations activist Janet Cohen, several people Janet Coit, American government official and lawyer Janet Coleman (born 1945), British academic and historian of political theory Janet Coles (born 1954), American LPGA Tour player Janet Collins (1917–2003), American prima ballerina, choreographer, and teacher Janet Colquhoun (1781–1846), British religious writer Janet Cone (born 1955), American college athletic director Janet Conrad (born 1963), American experimental physicist, researcher, and professor Janet Cook Lewis (1855–1947), American librarian and book repairer Janet Cooke (born 1954), American journalist Janet Cooper Alexander (born 1946), American lawyer Janet Cornfoot (?–1705), Scottish woman killed for alleged witchcraft Janet Cosh (1901–1989), Australian botanist and secondary school teacher Janet Coster, English operatic mezzo-soprano Janet E. Courtney (1865–1954), English scholar, writer, and feminist Janet Cowell (born 1968), American politician Janet Cox-Rearick (1930–2018), American art historian and professor of art history Janet Craxton (1929–1981), English oboe player and teacher Janet Cree (1910–1992), English painter Janet Cruz (born 1956), American politician Janet Culp (born 1982), American synchronized swimmer Janet Currie, Canadian-American economist and professor Janet Daby (born 1970), British politician Janet Dacal, American actress, singer, and musical theater performer Janet Dailey (1944–2013), American author of romance novels Janet Daley (born 1944), American-born British journalist Janet Daling, American epidemiologist and emeritus professor Janet Daly (born 1969), Australian short track speed skater Janet Dancey, Canadian oncologist Janet Dando, Spanish international lawn bowler Janet Darbyshire, British epidemiologist and science administrator Janet Davidson (born 1941), New Zealand archaeologist and curator Janet Davies, several people Janet Davis, Canadian city councillor Janet Dawson (writer) (born 1949), American mystery writer Janet Dawson (born 1935), Australian artist Janet de Coux (1904–1999), American sculptor Janet De Gore (1930–2022), American television and theater actress Janet Dean Fodor (1942–2023), American professor emerita of linguistics Janet Dean (born 1949), English politician Janet A. Deatrick, American professor emerita of nursing Janet Dees, American curator