Minette

French

"faithful defender"

Minette Origin and Meaning

Variation of Mary

Popularity of the name Minette

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Famous People Named Minette

• Minette nickname for Princess Henrietta of England, daughter of Charles I
• Minette 18th,century Haitian stage artist of duo Minette et Lise
• Minette Walters English crime novelist
• Minnette de Silva Sri Lanka’s first ever female architect

The name Minette in Pop Culture

• Minette main character in Eva Ibbotson's "Island of the Aunts"
• Minette Jamaican girl in "Brother Man" by Roger Mais
• Minette fashion designer in the Nancy Drew PC game "Danger by Design"
• Loveday Minette character in "The Little White Horse" (1946) by Elizabeth Goudge
• Minetta Brook underground stream in New York City
• Female cat slang with sexual innuendo for female reproductive parts, diminutive of the French word "minerai" (ore) a type of iron ore mined between Lorraine and Luxembourg
• Minette minor character in the video game Skullgirls