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Annette

OriginFrench
Meaning"grace"
GenderBoy & girl
US rank · boysUnranked

Below 5 births

US rank · girls#1443

2025 SSA

About Annette

Annette is a French diminutive of Ann which was among the first wave of widely-used girls' names from France, now neglected for so long that it's almost starting to feel stylish again.

Annette is also given to boys.

Pronounced uh-NET.

As of October 2026, Annette ranked #7465 in US births in 1992 SSA, peaked at #1530 in 1937.

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    Sekreve, Princess of Orange,Nassau; wife of Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands

  • Annette Joanne FunicelloGirl

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  • Annette Lu (HsiuGirl

    lien), former Vice President of Taiwan

  • Annette Carol BeningGirl

    American actress

  • Annette Ngosi "Annie" IlonzehGirl

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  • Annette Faye KingGirl

    New Zealand politician

  • Annette MessagerGirl

    French artist

  • Annette von DrosteGirl

    Hülshoff, German poet

  • Annette SchwarzGirl

    German adult actress and model

  • Annette O'TooleGirl

    American actress

  • Annette CrosbieGirl

    Scottish actress

  • Annette "Netty" Garrett aka NettyPlaysGirl

    British YouTuber

  • (Catherine) Annette HanshawGirl

    American jazz singer

  • Sandra Annette BullockGirl

    American actress

Annette in pop culture

  • Annette PiperGirl

    character in Lauren DeStefano's "The Internment Chronicles"

  • Annette HargroveGirl

    character in movie "Cruel Intentions"

  • Annette DominicGirl

    character in Fire Emblem Three Houses video game

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