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Girl · English pet form
Nettie
Say it: NET-ee
Meaning
A pet form of names ending in -nette or -etta, such as Antoinette, Jeanette and Henrietta; meaning depends on the base name.
Uncertainseveral explanations, none settled.
Common in the United States around 1880 to 1910 and rare after the 1940s.
Its wave through time
Fading since the 1880s
In the United States
- 49,426 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 1887, about 1 in 245 girls
- 12 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Netty
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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
Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.
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.