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Nettie - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Nettie

[ 2 syll. net-tie, ne-tt-ie ] The girl name Nettie is pronounced NEHTiy KEY. Nettie is of Latin, Germanic, and Old Greek origin. It is used mainly in the English language.

Nettie is an English pet form of Henrietta (English and German).

Nettie is also an English pet form of Jeannette (French and English).

Nettie is also an English variant of Nicola (English, German, and Italian).

Nettie is also an English variant of Antonia (Dutch, English, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Scandinavian, and Spanish).

Nettie is also a pet form of Janet (English).

Nettie is also an English variant of Natalie (English, French, and German). Nettie is also an English pet form of Nicole (English, French, and German).

Nettie is uncommon as a baby girl name. In 1900, 0.224% of baby girls were given the name Nettie. It was #94 in rank then. The baby name has fallen out of favor since then, and is of only irregular use now. Within the family of girl names directly linked to Nettie, Natalie (English, French, and German) was the most frequently used in 2008.

Baby names that sound like Nettie include Netti (English), Netty (English), Nada (Arabic, German, Italian, Russian, and Slavic), Nadda (Arabic), Naddah (Arabic), Nadette (French), Nadia (English, French, German, Italian, Russian, and Arabic), Nadja (German, Italian, and Russian), Nady (English), Nadya (Russian and Arabic), Naida (Slavic, English, and Russian), Nanette (French), Nata (Polish, Slavic, and Russian), Nati (English and Spanish), Natie (English), Natti (English), Nattie (English), Natty (English), Neata (Mende), and Neda (Slavic, Czech, and English).

KEY: Pronunciation for Nettie: N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; EH as in "Ed (EH.D)" ; T as in "tea (T.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)"


 
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