Hetty

Diminutive of Henrietta, English
"estate ruler"

Hetty Origin and Meaning

The name Hetty is a girl's name meaning "estate ruler".

A classic short form of Henrietta, also seen as a nickname for Mehetabel.

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Famous People Named Hetty

  • Hetty King (born Winifred Emms)
    English music hall performer
  • Henrietta Howland "Hetty" Green
    American businesswoman and financier
  • Henrietta Sara Louise "Hetty" Baynes
    English actress
  • Hetty Carr Cary
    maker of the first three battle flags of the Confederate States of America
  • Henriëtte Adriana "Hetty" Blok
    Dutch cabaret singer and actress
  • Mehetabel "Hetty" Wesley Wright
    English poet of the religious Wesley family

The name Hetty in Pop Culture

  • Hetty Sorrel
    character in "Adam Bede" (1859) by George Eliot
  • Hetty Chilson
    brothel,keeper in Edna Ferber's "Show Boat" (1926)
  • Hetty King
    character on TV's "Road to Avonlea"
  • Hetty Merton
    character in Oscar Wilde's "The Picture of Dorian Gray"
  • Henrietta "Hetty" Lange
    character on TV's "NCIS: Los Angeles"
  • "Hetty Feather
    " children's book by Jacqueline Wilson and its main character (Hetty is also known as Emerald Star and Sapphire Battersea)
  • Henrietta "Hetty" Wainthropp
    main character on British TV series "Hetty Wainthropp Investigates"

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