Javotte as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Javotte

What is the meaning of the name Javotte ?

The baby name Javotte is a Female name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced /ʒa.vɔt/ (French); approx. "zhah-VOHT".

Javotte is French in Origin.

Javotte is a French feminine given name, a playful diminutive formed with the suffix -otte. Most scholars treat it as a vernacular pet form of Jeanne (ultimately from Hebrew Yohanan, “God is gracious”), though in some regions it has been used alongside Jacqueline and Jacotte as comparable house-names. Despite the shared sound, it is unrelated to the gavotte dance.

Records show Javotte in early-modern parish rolls and, more visibly, on the stage: it became a stock name for country girls and handmaids in farce and opéra-comique. Its best-known literary bearer is one of the stepsisters in Charles Perrault’s Cendrillon (1697), which fixed the name in popular memory. The spelling Javote also occurs. Kindred diminutives include Jacotte and Jeannette; English Janet and French Jeanne are cognates through the same root. Today Javotte is rare, offering a chic, antique flair.