Meanings
- A female given name.
Mrs. Janetta Alexander Whitridge, wife of Arnold Whitridge, a retired professor of history, arts and letters at Yale University, died yesterday at St. Luke's Hospital.
1973 March 28, “Janetta Whitridge, Civic Leader, Dies”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC2 more examples
Malcolm D. Whitman of 136 East Sixty-seventh Street has announced the engagement of his daughter, Miss Janetta MaCook Whitman, to Douglas B. Lewis, son of Mr. and Mrs. De Lancey Lewis of Menlo Park, Cal.
1930 June 26, “Janetta Whitman Engaged to Marry […]”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLCMr. and Mrs. James Bernard Dunlaevy have announced the engagement of their daughter, Miss Janetta Culpepper Dunlaevy, to John Howell Hoffman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Hoffman of San Francisco.
1964 February 23, “Janetta Dunlaevy to Be Wed to John H. Hoffman in April”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC
Origin
From Jane + -etta. Compare Janet.
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