Gender: Feminine
Usage: Yiddish (Rare)
Scripts יענטע, יענטאַ(Yiddish)
Meaning
From French gentille meaning “noble, aristocratic”. This is the name of a gossipy matchmaker in the musical Fiddler on the Roof (1964), based on late 19th-century stories by Sholem Aleichem. Due to the character, this name has also acquired the meaning “gossiper”.