Nanette
About Nanette
There was a time when French names like Annette, Paulette – and Nanette – were chic, but now, we'd have to say "No, no, Nanette".
Pronounced nan-ETT (Eng), non-ETT (Fr).
As of October 2026, Nanette ranked #14412 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #319 in 1956.
Editor's take: The name Nanette is a girl's name of French origin meaning "grace".
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | — | 0 | 0 |
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Nanette on lists
Famous Nanettes
- Nanette Diaz Barragán
U.S. Congresswoman from California
- Nanette Burstein
American documentary filmmaker
- Nanette Fabray (born Ruby Bernadette Nanette Fabares)
American actress
- Nanette Lepore
American fashion designer
- Nanette June "Nan" Leslie
American actress
- Nanette Newman
English actress
- Nanette "Nanny" Vonnegut
daughter of writer Kurt Vonnegut
- Nanette Joan Workman
American,Canadian singer
- Nanette Gwen Medved
American,Filipina model and actress
- Nanette Bourdeaux (born Hélène Olivine Veilleux)
Canadian,American actress
- Nanette Kay Laughrey
U.S. federal judge
- Nanette M. "Nan" DeRenzi
U.S. Navy admiral
- Nanette Maxine
American gospel singer
- Nanette Lilian Margaret Milne
Scottish MP
- Nanette Hansen
American TV journalist
- Nanette Mirkovic
wife of American actor Erik Estrada
Nanette in pop culture
- "No
No, Nanette," 1920s musical
- Nanette Manoir
antagonist on TV's "Angela Anaconda"
- Nanette Cole
protagonist in the Black Mirror episode "USS Callister"
- Nanette
comedy special by Hannah Gadsby
Variations & nicknames
- NanineFrench
- NannetteFrench
- NynetteFrench
- NanéeFrench