Boy · Dutch
Rhett
Say it: RET
Meaning
From a surname, an Anglicized form of Dutch de Raedt, from Middle Dutch raet 'advice'.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
Made famous by Margaret Mitchell's 1936 novel.
Its wave through time
Rising now
In the United States
- 25,506 babies given this name since 1917
- At its height in 2020, about 1 in 730 boys
- 2,352 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
Famous bearers
- Rhett Butler, hero of Gone with the Wind
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Where this comes from
- Well-known works of literature
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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