Minette

French

"faithful defender"

Minette Origin and Meaning

The name Minette is a girl's name of French origin meaning "faithful defender".

Frenchified name rarely used in France. And perhaps even more rarely used in the US -- there were NO baby girls given the name on the official records of 2021.

20 Names Similar to Minette

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• Musette
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• Fairuza
• Miki
• Dev
• Odyssia
• Tavi
• Adélaïde
• Mignon
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• Giacinta
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• Evita
• Kristin
• Mindy
• Kirsten
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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

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