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Girl · American pet form
Mittie
Say it: MIT-ee
Meaning
A 19th-century American pet name, used for Martha (Aramaic 'lady') and other names; the connection is not consistent.
Uncertainseveral explanations, none settled.
Used in the American South in the 1800s.
Its wave through time
Fading since the 1880s
In the United States
- 6,297 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 1883, about 1 in 1,500 girls
- Fewer than 5 babies a year in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
Famous bearers
- Martha 'Mittie' Bulloch Roosevelt, mother of Theodore Roosevelt
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Where this comes from
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- National census records of the 19th and 20th centuries
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.