Annette or Anette is a given name that is a diminutive of Anna or Anne, and has been used as a name of its own since the Industrial Age. In Greek, the variant Anneta is used.
Notable people with the name include:
People named Annette Annette Abbott Adams (1877–1956), American lawyer and judge Annette A. Aguilar (born 1957), American drummer Annette Aiello (born 1941), American entomologist and botanist Annette Allcock (1923–2001), British artist Annette Andre (born 1939), Australian actress Annette Arkeketa, American dramatist Annette Ashberry (also known as Anne Ashberry) (1894–1990), British engineer, gardener and author Annette Auguste (died 2020), Haitian folk singer and activist Annette Bach, German actress Annette Bade (1900–1975), American showgirl and actress Annette Badland (born 1950), British actress Annette Baier (1929–2012), New Zealand philosopher Annette Baker Fox (c. 1912–2011), American international relations scholar Annette Barbier (1950–2017), American artist and educator Annette Kar Baxter (1926–1983), American women's history expert, professor and author Annette Bear-Crawford (1853–1899), Australian suffragist Annette Beard (born 1943), American singer Annette Beautrais, New Zealand suicidologist Annette Beck-Sickinger (born 1960), German biochemist Annette Becker (born 1953), French historian Annette Bening (born 1958), American actress Annette Benson, British actress Annette Bergbo (born 1953), Ålandic politician and journalist Annette Beutler (born 1976), Swiss cyclist Annette Beveridge (1842–1929), British orientalist Annette Bezor (1950–2020), Australian painter Annette Bjelkevik (born 1978), Norwegian speed skater Annette Bjergfeldt, Danish singer, songwriter, and author Annette Brander (born 1993), Australia international rugby league footballer Annette Braun (1884–1978), American entomologist Annette Brissett, Jamaican reggae singer Annette Broadrick (born 1938), American novelist Annette Brooke (1947–2025), British politician Annette E. Brown (born 1950), retired Rear Admiral of the United States Navy Annette Smith Burgess (1899–1962), American medical illustrator Annette Byrne, Irish physiologist and researcher Annette Calud (born 1963), American actress Annette Campbell (born 1961), British weightlifter Annette Carell (1926–1967), American actress Annette Carlén-Karlsson (born 1956), Swedish speed skater Annette DiMeo Carlozzi, American art curator Annette Carson (born 1940), British non-fiction writer and biographer Annette Carter (1941–2025), American politician Annette Cascone, American author and screenwriter Annette Chalut (1924–2021), French physician Annette Chaparro (born 1967), American politician Annette Charles (1948–2011), American actress, dancer, and educator Annette Clark, American academic administrator Annette Clarke, Irish sportswoman Annette Clarke (producer), Canadian film producer Annette Cleveland, American politician from Washington state Annette Clifford (1881–1968), New Zealand landlord Annette Coe (born 1954), British tennis player Annette Cone-Skelton, American artist Annette Conlon, American singer-songwriter Annette Cooper (born 1953), British Church of England priest Annette Corcoran, American artist Annette Cottle, American volleyball player and coach Annette Court (born 1962), British businesswoman Annette Cowley-Nel (born 1967), South African swimmer Annette Crosbie (born 1934), Scottish actor Annette Daniels (1961–2004), American opera singer Annette Dasch (born 1976), German soprano Annette Dashofy, American author Annette DeFoe (1890–1960), American actress Annette Del Zoppo (1936–2001), American photographer Annette Dittert, German author and filmmaker Annette Dobmeier (born 1968), German fencer Annette Dobson (born 1945), Australian biostatistician, researcher, and professor Annette Dolphin, British Professor of Pharmacology Annette von Droste-Hülshoff (1797–1848), German writer Annette Drummond (born 1984), Scottish cricketer Annette Dubas (born 1956), American politician from Nebraska Annette Ducharme, Canadian musician and songwriter Annette Duetz (born 1993), Dutch competitive sailor Annette Dytrt (born 1983), German figure skater Annette Echikunwoke (born 1996), Nigerian-American hammer thrower Annette Eddie-Callagain (born 1953), American lawyer Annette Edmondson (born 1991), Australian cyclist Annette Eick (1909–2010), Jewish lesbian writer Annette Ekblom, English actress Annette Ellis (born 1946), Australian politician Annette Evans (born 1944), Scottish lawn bowls player Annette Faße (born 1947), German politician Annette Fellows (born 1955), Australian cricketer Annette Ferguson, Scottish observational astrophysicist Annette Finch (born 1980), Australian rugby union player Annette Finnigan (c. 1873–1940), American suffragist and philanthropist Annette Hoyt Flanders, American landscape architect Annette Focks (born 1964), German musician and film score composer Annette Frederiksen (1954–2022), Danish association football player Annette Freyberg-Inan, German political scientist Annette Frier (born 1974), German actress and comedian Annette Fuentes, American journalist Annette Fugmann-Heesing (born 1955), German politician Annette Funicello (1942–2013), American actress and singer Annette Georges, Seychellois politician and lawyer Annette Gerritsen (born 1985), Dutch speed skater Annette Gigon (born 1959), Swiss architect Annette Glenn (born 1963), American politician Annette Gordon-Reed (born 1958), American historian Annette Gough, Australian academic Annette Groth (born 1954), German politician Annette Groth (born 1952), Norwegian journalist Annette Grüters-Kieslich (born 1954), German pediatrician Annette Gulley (born 1964), Australian tennis player Annette Haas (1912–2002), French pianist Annette Hadding (born 1975), German swimmer Annette Hagre, Swedish ten-pin bowler Annette Hakonsen (born 1962), Danish darts player Annette Hamilton, Australian cultural anthropologist Annette Hamm, Canadian news anchor and reporter Annette Hanshaw (1901–1985), American jazz singer Annette Harnack (born 1958), German high jumper Annette Haven (born 1954), American pornographic film actress and erotic dancer Annette Heffernan (born 1962), New Zealand netball international Annette Henderson, psychology professor in New Zealand Annette Henninger, German political scientist Annette Herfkens (born 1961), Dutch-Venezuelan sole survivor Annette Herscovics (c. 1938–2008), scientist at McGill University Annette Hohn (born 1966), German rower Annette Holmberg-Jansson (born 1969), Finnish politician Annette Huber-Klawitter (born 1967), German mathematician Annette Hug (born 1970), Swiss author Annette Humpe (born 1950), German songwriter, pop singer, and record producer Annette Huntington, New Zealand nursing academic Annette Hurley (born 1955), Australian politician Annette Huygens Tholen (born 1966), Australian beach volleyball player Annette Imhausen (born 1970), German historian of ancient Egyptian mathematics Annette Insdorf, American film historian Annette Jahns (1958–2020), German contralto Annette P. Jimerson, American painter Annette Johnson (1928–2017), New Zealand alpine skier Annette Jones, New Zealand architect and urban designer Annette Jørgensen (born 1966), Danish swimmer Annette Jörnlind (born 1967), Swedish female curler Annette Malm Justad (born 1958), Norwegian businessperson Annette Kansy (born 1955), German figure skater Annette Karmiloff-Smith (1938–2016), developmental psychologist Annette Kaufman (1914–2016), American pianist and author Annette Kellerman (1886–1975), Australian swimmer, vaudeville star, film actress, and writer Annette Kennedy, Past President of the International Council of Nurses Annette Kerr (1920–2013), Scottish actress Annette Kim, American academic and urban planner Annette King (born 1947), New Zealand politician Annette Curtis Klause (born 1953), American novelist Annette Klug (born 1969), German fencer Annette Kolb (1870–1967), the working name of German author and pacifist Anna Mathilde Kolb Annette Kolb (born 1983), German tennis player Annette Kolodny (1941–2019), American academic Annette Kouamba Matondo, Congolese film director and journalist Annette Krier (born 1937), Luxembourgish gymnast Annette Kroon, Dutch cricketer Annette Kruisbrink (born 1958), Dutch classical guitarist and composer Annette Kuhn (born 1945), British academic Annette Kullenberg (1939–2021), Swedish writer and journalist Annette Kundu (born 1996), Kenyan footballer Annette Kurschus (born 1963), German Protestant theologian and pastor Annette Laming-Emperaire (1917–1977), French archaeologist Annette Lapointe (born 1978), Canadian writer Annette Lareau (born 1952), American sociologist Annette Wirén Larsen (born 1991), Danish handball player Annette Laursen (born 1975), Danish footballer Annette S. Lee, American astrophysicist, educator, and artist Annette Lee (born 1992), Singaporean singer-songwriter Annette Lemieux (born 1957), American artist Annette Leo (born 1948), German historian and biographer Annette LeSiege (1947–2012), American composer Annette Lewis Phinazee (1920–1983), American librarian Annette Lind (born 1969), Danish politician Annette Lovemore (born 1958), South African politician Annette Lu (born 1944), Taiwanese politician Annette Lyon (born 1973), American novelist Annette Macarthur-Onslow (1933–2026), Australian author/illustrator Annette Elizabeth Mahon (1918–2013), Irish pilot Annette Main (born 1951/1952), New Zealand politician Annette Mangaard, Danish/Canadian filmmaker Annette Markert, German classical mezzo-soprano and alto Annette Markham, American academic Annette Mbaye d'Erneville (born 1926), Senegalese writer Annette McCarthy (1958–2023), American actress Annette E. McCrea (1858–1928), pioneer American landscape architect Annette McGavigan, Northern Irish student, killed during the Troubles Annette Meakin (1867–1959), British travel author Annette Meeks (born 1960), American politician Annette Meeuvissen (1962–2004), German touring car driver Annette Melton (born 1988), Australian actress and television presenter Annette Merz (born 1965), German theologian Annette Messager (born 1943), French artist Annette Jacky Messomo (born 1993), Cameroonian footballer Annette Meyers (born 1934), American mystery writer Annette Michelson (1922–2018), American art film critic Annette Mills (1894–1955), English actress, dancer, and broadcaster Annette Mills, Jamaican-New Zealand professor Annette Mogensen (born 1959), Danish footballer Annette Moreno (born 1972), American singer and songwriter Annette Muller (1933–2021), French writer and holocaust survivor Annette Nazareth (born 1956), American lawyer Annette Nellen, American lawyer and professor Annette Ngo Ndom (born 1985), Cameroonian footballer Annette Nijs (born 1961), Dutch politician Annette Lucile Noble (1844–1932), American novelist and travel writer Annette O'Connor, Canadian professor of nursing Annette O'Toole (born 1952), American actress Annette Obrestad (born 1988, Norwegian poker player Annette K. Olesen (born 1965), Danish screenwriter and director Princess Annette of Orange-Nassau (born 1972), member of the Dutch nobility Annette Jocelyn Otway-Ruthven (1909–1989), Irish historian Annette Oxenius (born 1968), Swiss immunologist and academic Annette Page (1932–2017), English ballerina Annette av Paul (born 1944), Swedish Canadian ballet dancer Annette Paul, New Zealand Salvation Army officer Annette Peacock, American jazz composer Annette Pearse, New Zealand art gallery curator and director Annette Pehnt, German writer and literary critic Annette Penhaligon (born 1946), British politician Annette Peters (born 1965), American long-distance runner