How to write “Janet” in Korean
재닛 jae-nit
What Korean friends call you
- 재닛아 jae-ni-sa — a friend calling out to you (never to someone older)
- 재닛 씨 jae-nit-ssi — polite: someone you just met, or at work
Calling someone, Koreans add 아 after a final consonant and 야 after a vowel.
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Korean spellings of Janet
- 재닛 59 (97%)
- 쟈넷 2 (3%)
Korean labels of 61 people named Janet on Wikidata (English-speaking countries), October 2026. Wikipedia leans to the official spelling.
Well-known people named Janet, as Wikidata writes them in Korean (November 2026):
- Janet Jackson — 재닛 잭슨
- Janet Yellen — 재닛 옐런
- Janet Gaynor — 재닛 게이너
- Janet Leigh — 재닛 리
145,407 babies were named Janet in the US from 1960 to 2025, the 306th most common name.
Block by block
- 재 = ㅈ + ㅐ · 5 strokes
Also in 재: Zachary 재커리 · Xavier 재비어 · Jared 재러드
- 닛 = ㄴ + ㅣ + ㅅ · 4 strokes
재닛 takes 9 strokes in all.
More names: Danny 대니 · Rhonda 론다 · Roger 로저 · Curtis 커티스 · Kathy 캐시
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