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jeannette Name Meaning and History

Altered spelling, reflecting Canadian pronunciation, of the French surname Jeannet, from a pet form of Jean, French form of John.

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Distribution of jeannette Families in the US in 1920
Number of jeannette families
 5-7
 2-4
 1
 0
Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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