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.

Hetty Rank in US Top 1000

# 875 in the US

Popularity of the name Hetty

• 838 England 2015

20 Names Similar to Hetty

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• Wilhelmine
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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"