My grandmother’s name and my middle name is [name]Janet[/name], but it has always been pronounced [name]Janette[/name] or Jeanettein my family. I noticed that older or elderly people when I was younger always pronounced the way my family did, but everyone else pronounced [name]Janet[/name] like [name]Jan[/name]-it. Does anyone know the history of pronouncing this name? If this name is used in the future is it better to retain the spelling and have the child constantly have to correct the way it is pronounced? Or is it better to change the spellingto get the nameeveryone understands how to pronounce?
Not sure where you’re located, but in the US it’s pronounced “[name]Jan[/name]-it” about 99.99% of the time. If you’d like a different pronunciation, [name]Jeanette[/name] is very pretty and will be pronounced “[name]Jean[/name]-ETTE” or “[name]Jan[/name]-ETTE”. Keeping the traditional spelling will cause constant confusion if you want it pronounced differently.
I’ve never heard it say any way other than ‘[name]Jan[/name]-net/[name]Jan[/name]-ette’. I know a few [name]Janet[/name]'s, and also 2 [name]Jeanette[/name]'s, but to me they are totally separate names, not just different pronunciations/spellings.