Annette
A French name, Hebrew at its root, carrying the sense of "grace" or "favour". Only about 217 women in Poland hold it and hardly any are born now, so most Poles have never met one.
Annette Pronunciation
Annette is pronounced ahn-NET-te (/anˈnɛttɛ/).
What Annette means
Where Annette comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Annette is a French diminutive of Anne. Anne comes from the Hebrew Channah, meaning grace and favour, and French added the ending -ette, which makes a name smaller and warmer. The meaning sits a step behind the French surface. A Hebrew root wears a French coat.
The form travelled well. Annette von Droste-Hülshoff, the German poet born in 1797, carried it onto the old 20 Deutsche Mark banknote, where her face stayed until the euro arrived. Later the American actress Annette Bening gave it a second life on screen. The name keeps its sense of grace and favour across every border.
In Poland, Annette reads as the French cousin of Anna. A girl with this name on a class register stands out beside the Annas and Hanias, though her name shares their Hebrew grandmother. Her imieniny she borrows from Anna, in late July. The root underneath all of them still means grace.
How many people are named Annette
1 in 103889 women in Poland is named Annette. 217 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #2117 among female names.
Annette's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 girls were given the name in 2025. It has been falling steadily since 2000.
Annette as a middle name
Annette is a first name for 217 women in Poland and a middle name for another 59, a 79/21 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 882nd, between Zygfryda (60) and Brigida (59).
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#880 Rozanna60
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#881 Zygfryda60
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#882 Annette59
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#883 Brigida59
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#884 Celeste59