Colette
Modern parents might be attracted to this name because of the French novelist -- though pen name Colette was actually her last name, Sidonie-Gabrielle her first.
Colette was one of a group of Gallic 'ette' names popular in the 1950s and sixties, including Nanette, Annette, Jeanette and Paulette, but by 1986 Colette had dropped off the list completely--though it could be ready for reappraisal. Dylan McDermott used it for his daughter, as did actress Constance Zimmer.
There was an animated Colette featured in the film Ratatouille.
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