Janet
Meaning and origin
From Jane + -et, q.v. Chiefly Scottish until the 19th century. Doublet of Jeanette, Jeannette, Juanita, Shanae, and Sinead.
Source: Wiktionary, English entry for Janet (CC BY-SA 4.0). This is the origin of the name in English; families in Sweden may have taken it from another language.
Popularity in Sweden
Few babies have been given the name since 1998; it belongs mostly to older generations. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
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| Year | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1998 | – |
| 1999 | – |
| 2000 | – |
| 2001 | – |
| 2002 | – |
| 2003 | – |
| 2004 | – |
| 2005 | – |
| 2006 | 3 |
| 2007 | 2 |
| 2008 | – |
| 2009 | – |
| 2010 | 2 |
| 2011 | 2 |
| 2012 | 2 |
| 2013 | – |
| 2014 | – |
| 2015 | – |
| 2016 | – |
| 2017 | – |
| 2018 | 4 |
| 2019 | – |
| 2020 | – |
| 2021 | – |
| 2022 | 2 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 1,699 |
| 2000 | 1,693 |
| 2001 | 1,691 |
| 2002 | 1,693 |
| 2003 | 1,693 |
| 2004 | 1,687 |
| 2005 | 1,693 |
| 2006 | 1,694 |
| 2007 | 1,704 |
| 2008 | 1,694 |
| 2009 | 1,692 |
| 2010 | 1,685 |
| 2011 | 1,689 |
| 2012 | 1,688 |
| 2013 | 1,687 |
| 2014 | 1,697 |
| 2015 | 1,688 |
| 2016 | 1,678 |
| 2017 | 1,678 |
| 2018 | 1,669 |
| 2019 | 1,650 |
| 2020 | 1,640 |
Janet in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Janet.Hi! My name is Janet.
- Janet ringde och sa att hon blir lite sen.Janet called and said she'll be a bit late.
- Jag ska fika med Janet i eftermiddag.I'm having coffee with Janet this afternoon.
- Janets mamma är lärare.Janet's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Janets mamma is Janet's mum.
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Questions about Janet
How do you pronounce Janet in Swedish?
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What does the name Janet mean?
From Jane + -et, q.v. Chiefly Scottish until the 19th century. Doublet of Jeanette, Jeannette, Juanita, Shanae, and Sinead.
How popular is Janet in Sweden?
2 babies were named Janet in 2022. In 2020, 1,640 people in Sweden had Janet as the first name they go by.
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.