I second another poster that I think Henriette sounds better and I love the nickname Hettie. In the children's novel Caddie Woodlawn by Carol Ryrie Brink, one of Caddie's sisters is Henrietta, nickname Hettie.
A relatively famous bearer of the name is Henrietta Kittycat, from Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood. She is shown to be the mother of Katerina in Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood.
― Anonymous User 5/17/2022
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Though Henriette has my preference, it is a lovely name and very versatile.
This is one of those names that grow on you. At first you’re like oh that’s really extra, but now I see it as an adorable girly name. Henrietta Jane is a cute name I think.
I like this name. It’s not like most names when people try and make masculine names feminine by adding an ‘etta’ or ‘ette’ to the end. It looks nice and the spelling is quite nice.
I might be in the minority here, but I actually really, really like this name. It just sounds so royal and elegant, much better than Harriet in my opinion.
Another short form for Henrietta is Hetta, as per the character Henrietta (Hetta) Silverdale, in the novel Charity Girl by Georgette Heyer.
― Anonymous User 6/28/2020
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I’m a Henrietta, and like most people with this name, we exude grace and class. These attributes just come with the name. Agreed, it may be mature and perhaps nerdy sounding, but Henrietta is simply not a name for everyone. The hate and dislike sentiments are ridiculous. If you do not think your kid can pull off this name, simply go for something simpler. :)
I used to have a hobby horse named Henrietta, lol. I have mixed feelings, I mean I don't think I'd use it, but it's a nice name and I like the sound of it.
I would add "Enrichetta" to the Italian variants. It's very rare, but not impossible. My ancient Greek teacher was named Enrichetta. Granted, she was very old. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Enrichetta [noted -ed]
In 2018, 67 is the most common age for an American (U.S.) Henrietta who is registered female with the Social Security Administration. It is the 1, 324th most common female first name for living U.S. citizens.
― Anonymous User 10/8/2018
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Beautiful name, I hope it gets used more often in the future. I despise the dumbed down names that are so popular nowadays :/ bring back names like Henrietta, I say.
I absolutely adore this name. Partly because it's so hated by Americans, but mainly it's because I love female names ending with ette (or etta in this case).
Henrietta Ónodi is a Hungarian artistic gymnast. She competed at the 1992 and 1996 Olympics and won a gold and a silver medal in 1992. After retiring from gymnastics in 1997 she moved to the United States, married American Olympic pentathlete Jimbo Haley, and became a naturalized U.S. citizen. In 2010 she was inducted into the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame. Ónodi, also known as "Henni" in the gymnastics community, began gymnastics in 1978 and made her international debut in 1986. Too young to qualify for the 1988 Olympics, she made her senior debut in 1989 and represented Hungary at the World Championships that year, where she placed 19th in the all-around and 5th in the balance beam event finals. Over the next few years, Ónodi established herself as a medal contender at major events. In 1989 she became the first female Hungarian gymnast to medal at the European Championships with a gold on the uneven bars; at the 1990 Europeans she placed third in the all-around and the floor exercise. In 1990, she also finished third in the all-around at the Goodwill Games and the World Cup where she won the vault event. At the 1991 World Championships Ónodi suffered a sudden back injury but was able to win a silver medal on vault and helped the Hungarian squad qualify for the 1992 Olympics with an eighth-place finish in the team final.
My mother's name was Henrietta. Unless she was signing a document, she never went by that name. Not that she didn't like it; it was just too formal-sounding. She was born on the US East coast and the common nickname at that time for Henrietta was Henet. Personally, I never liked that nickname. One of her brothers was in the habit of giving everyone nicknames, usually behind their backs. He named my mother "Penny", because of the sky-is-falling-chicken named Henny Penny. Nobody back East ever called her that, but when she moved to the West coast, everybody called her by that name. In my opinion, she was much more a Penny, than a Henrietta or Henet. Sorry for the length of this post.
Henrietta Lacks is the originator of the "HeLa" cell line used in medical research. She was born Loretta Pleasant in 1920, and died of cervical cancer in 1951. A biopsy of cells from her cervical tumor were taken from her without her consent and continued growing in cell cultures.
That's not true--you make it sound like she was just walking down the street and they jumped out and stole her cancer cells: she signed permission slips when she was admitted to Johns Hopkins for the cancer to be used in research. Which is pretty standard, it's not like they give you a little baggie with your cancer cells to take with you when you leave the hospital. Her lowlife husband insisted that they'd been ripped off, but the same guy never even went with her to the hospital for treatments and allowed her daughter to be molested by his 'friends' after Henrietta's death (and was also Henrietta's first cousin). The real scandal of it all was that, because of medical confidentiality laws, that daughter, who also had cancer when she was in her 30s, didn't know that her mother had had this extremely aggressive form of cervical cancer! But the only person who could have told her was HER FATHER. Who was not exactly father of the year... One of Henrietta Lacks' sons said that he liked to think his mother would have been pleased that her cells had helped save lives and advance science.
Henrietta is an all right name. It makes me think of Henrietta aka Hen aka Duck-Face from Four Weddings and a Funeral, but it's quite nice sounding. But I prefer Harriet.
"Henrietta" is an irresistibly gorgeous name... furthermore, "Hetty" is a darling, classy nickname. They both possess a golden old-world, cosmopolitan charm that the atrocities of contemporary "kre8tiv" names will never hold. Earlier this evening I was finishing up my purchases at the market and the cashier's nametag said "Hetty." That of course intrigued me, which lead to finding out that her full first is "Henrietta." Simply stunning.
I actually prefer Henrietta to Harriet, but that really isn't saying much, as I dislike both. While I think Harriet is too masculine/macho, Henrietta is too... much.
― Anonymous User 4/13/2011
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Henrietta "Hetty" Lange is the Operations Manager at NCIS in Los Angeles (TV series).
My name is Henrietta and it means 'Leader of the household'. Henrietta is abbreviated to Hetty. I love my name and am proud to be named after Henrietta Maria.
Very snooty and pretentious sounding to my ears. Knowing the present cult trend for such names, there will be an increase in little girls saddled with Henrietta, all of whom have my pity.
― Anonymous User 5/28/2007
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Henrietta is a gorgeous name. :) I like it!
― Anonymous User 4/9/2007
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I believe that Henrietta is the name of the second von Trapp daughter in the movie "Sound of Music".
― Anonymous User 10/30/2006
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Henrietta was in the Sound of Music though but I doubt she was a sister.
― Anonymous User 4/9/2007
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The second sister was MARTA. Or, if you mean from the oldest to youngest, LOUISA.
I love the name Henrietta, only because I was great friends with a girl named Henrietta "Henri" Daniels, and she was the most vivacious, eccentric, devious, energetic girl I ever knew. We'll all miss you Henri.
Henrietta is an absolutely beautiful name! I don't see how anyone could hate it. If it didn't sound so old-fashioned, I would seriously consider it for a child.
― Anonymous User 6/21/2006
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Henrietta "Henni" Onodi is a famous Hungarian gymnast and medalist in the 1992 and 1996 Olympic Games.
I think Henrietta IS THE WORST NAME EVER MADE! It's absoloutly horrible and it just gives you the nickname "Hen". It's definitely #1 on my worst names list.
― Anonymous User 1/8/2006
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This name was first introduced to the British Isles by Henriette Marie (1606-69), the French princess who married Charles I. She was known to the English as Queen Henrietta Maria.