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Jet.

a female given name

3 characters1 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

name/jɛt/
  1. a female given name

    feminine
Where this word comes from

A shortened form of either Henriëtte or Mariëtte.

name/jɛt/
  1. a hamlet in Súdwest-Fryslân, Friesland, Netherlands

    neuter
Where this word comes from

First attested as iaeth and iette in 1417. Borrowed from West Frisian Jeth, derived in turn from Old Frisian iet (“gap, hole”), referring here to a fishing hole or to a hole left by a levee failure.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.