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I like it alright with a French or quasi-French pronunciation (awn-ree-ET). It's kind of pretty that way. But Henriette has "hen" in it and just really sounds like "a girl who would have been Henry if she'd been a boy" to me. Henry-ette.

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Without the French pronunciation, I think Henriette is not a good alternative to Charlotte. With it, maybe it would be. But Henrietta "Henry-etta" is well known enough, that it might seem as strange to pronounce Henriette "awn-ree-ET" as it would to pronounce Charlotte with a hard CH like English Charles.

Love it. I also love Georgette

I really like Henriette with the French pronunciation (En-ree-ett). But to say it like that I have to think about it and put on a bit of an accent, as I can't do it much justice in my own. And I don't like Hen-ree-ett. I feel like it's missing the a to make Henrietta, whereas En-ree-ett sounds complete. I think it'd be great if I knew everyone would say it the French way, but I doubt the majority of people in the UK or English speaking countries would instinctively say it like that. In this case I think it'd be too much trouble to correct, so personally I'd keep it in the middle. But Henriette (said how I like it) is very beautiful, sophisticated, and elegant; a really great name with some interesting, historical imagery.

I much prefer Harriet, and would use it given enough daughters. Where I live, Henriette would be hen-ree-ET, which is enough to put any thinking person off it for life.

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Edited to fix a typo.

This message was edited 2/24/2017, 12:40 AM

I love this name, but love Henrietta just a bit better. Pretty names!

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This message was edited 2/23/2017, 8:59 PM

I like Henriette but prefer Henrietta or Harriet.

This message was edited 2/23/2017, 8:05 PM

Oh, I adore it! It's so trim and chic.

sorry, but it's too old-fashioned for me.