AlanettefMedieval Breton Late medieval Gallicized Breton feminine form of Alan by way of combining it with the French feminine diminutive suffix -ette.
AliëttefDutch (Rare) Dutch form of Aliette. However, it should be noted that in the Netherlands, there may also be cases where this name is a combination of the Dutch feminine given name Alie with the French diminutive suffix -ette... [more]
AliettefFrench, French (Belgian) French variant of Éliette. This name is borne by Aliette de Bodard (1982-), a science-fiction and fantasy writer.
AlouettefEnglish (Modern, Rare), Dutch (Rare), Afrikaans (Rare), Spanish (Mexican, Rare) Derived from French alouette "lark, skylark". Alouette is a popular Quebecois children's song, commonly thought to be about plucking the feathers from a lark. Although it is in French, it is well known among speakers of other languages as many US Marines and other Allied soldiers learned the song while serving in France during World War I and took it home with them, passing it on to their children and grandchildren.... [more]
AnguillettefFolklore Means "little eel" in French (a diminutive of French anguille "eel"). This name is borne by the titular character of the fairy tale "Anguillette" (1697) by Henriette-Julie de Murat. Anguillette is a fairy who takes the form of an eel, and is rescued by a princess while in this form.
AubinettefMedieval French Medieval French diminutive of Aubine (as -ette is a French feminine diminutive suffix). In other words: you could say that this name is the feminine form of Aubinet.... [more]
Burdettem & fEnglish (Archaic) Possibly a diminutive of Bernadette or a variant of the traditionally French and English surname Burdette derived from a pet form of the Old French personal name Burdo.
CalinettefAfro-American (Slavery-era) Possibly derived from French câline, the feminine form of the adjective câlin "cuddly" (ultimately via Old French from Vulgar Latin *calina, which itself is from Latin calidus "warm").
CassettefEnglish (Rare) Possibly a diminutive of Cass. It also coincides with the word cassette, which refers to a kind of tape formerly used to record audio.
ChitonettefJudeo-Anglo-Norman Derived from Middle English chitte "a young animal, cub, whelp" and chit "a child or babe; a young, small, or insignificant person or animal" as well as "a pert or sassy young person, especially a young woman".
DettefEnglish (Rare) Diminutive of names ending in dette. In the book So B. It by Sarah Weeks, Heidi's mother calls Heidi's next door neighbour, Bernadette, "Dette".
DindonettefLiterature Derived from French dindon, meaning "turkey", combined with a diminutive suffix. Dindonette is the name of a fairy in the French fairy tale "A Fairy's Blunder". She casts a spell on an island's water fountain to make the old young again and the young older, but with disastrous consequences.
ElliettefEnglish (Rare) Although this name presumably started out as a borrowing of French Éliette (the spelling being influenced by names such as Ellinor, Ella 1 and, later, Elle), it is now generally understood as a feminine form of Elliott.
EscarlettefSpanish (Latin American, Rare) Variant form of Escarlata, which is predominantly found in the Spanish-speaking countries in South America. This form of the name was probably influenced by its English counterpart Scarlett.
Fayettem & fEnglish (Rare), Dutch (Rare) Short form of Lafayette, or else from a surname ultimately derived from Old French faie "beech", which originally denoted a person who lived in or by a beech wood, or who was from any of various places in France named with the word.
FiacrettefBreton Feminine form of Fiacre. Name common around the 1700s in Brittany, France. Rare.
FiammettefTheatre Gallicized form of Fiammetta. La reine Fiammette (1903) is an opera in four acts by composer Xavier Leroux.
FinettefLiterature, Folklore, Haitian Creole This is the main character in the French fairy tale Finette Cendron by Madame d'Aulnoy, about a clever girl named Fine-Oreille, which means "sharp ear" or "delicate ear", who is called Finette... [more]
FrancinettefFrench, Dutch (Rare) Diminutive of Francine, as -ette is a French feminine diminutive suffix. In other words, one could say that this name is a double diminutive of Françoise.
GayelettefLiterature From the name of an ancient princess that is mentioned in the children's novel Dorothy of Oz by L. Frank Baum (1989). Her name might be the feminization of the name Gaylord.
GenovefettefLiterature Form of Jenovefette used in the English translation of 'Pleasures and Follies of a Good-Natured Libertine' by Restif de la Bretonne.
GloriettefEnglish From the word for a pavilion or similar architectural structure in a garden which perhaps meant "little glory" from French (see Gloria). The largest and most well-known example is probably the Schönbrunner Gloriette, in the Schönbrunn Palace Garden at Vienna, built in 1775 for Holy Roman Empress Maria Theresa.
JuillettefFrench (Archaic) Derived from juillet, which is the French name for the month of July. The month ultimately derives its name from the ancient Roman family name Iulius (see Julius)... [more]
LafayettemEnglish (American, Rare) Transferred use of the surname Lafayette. In the US, it was first used in the late 1700s as a masculine given name in honor of the Marquis de Lafayette, a hero of the American War of Independence (who also left his name in a city of west-central Indiana on the Wabash River northwest of Indianapolis).
LafolettefAmerican Derived from the French surname La Follette (sometimes also written as LaFollette), which means "the madwoman", derived from French folle "madwoman" (which is etymologically related to the modern English word folly)... [more]
LaidronettefLiterature (Anglicized) Derived from French laid meaning "ugly". In Madame d'Aulnoy's fairy tale The Green Serpent, Laidronette is a princess cursed with extreme ugliness.