Anyway, she's usually listed as a nickname for Henrietta on sites and in books, but there are tons of fun possibilities...
- Agneta (ahng-NET-ah, Swedish)--form of Agnes. Other forms include Aunetta (Finnish).
- Aleta (ah-LET-ah, English, Scandinavian)--form of Adelaide or Alethea. Also spelled Aletta.
- Aniceta (ah-nee-SEH-tah, Spanish; ah-nee-TSEH-tah, Polish)--from Greek, "unconquerable"
- Annetta (ah-NET-tah, Italian)
- Antonietta (ahn-tohn-YET-tah, Italian)
- Arletta (ar-LET-tah, English)
- Benedetta (beh-neh-DET-tah, Italian)--feminine of Benedict
- Bernetta (bur-NET-tah, English)--form of Berenice/Veronica
- Caieta (kye-ET-ah, Latin)
- Claretta (clah-RET-tah, Italian)
- Concetta (kon-CHET-tah, Italian)
- Coretta (koh-RET-tah, English)
- Dionetta (dee-oh-NEH-tah, Italian, English)--form of Denise/Dionysia
- Elettra (eh-LET-trah, Italian)--form of Electra
- Elisabetta (eh-lee-zah-BET-tah, Italian)--form of Elizabeth. Other forms include Alžbeta (Slovak), Elżbieta (Polish), Elisaveta (Macedonian), & Yelizaveta (Russian).
- Etelka (ET-el-kaw, Hungarian)
- Etelvina (et-el-VEE-nah, Spanish)--from Germanic, "noble friend"
- Eteri (eh-teh-ree, Georgian)--"air, ether"
- Étiennette (ay-tee-en-ET, French)
- Fiammetta (fee-ah-MET-tah, Italian)--"little flame"
- Fioretta (fee-oh-RET-tah, Italian)--"little flower"
- Floretta (floh-RET-tah, English)
- Georgeta (jor-JEH-tah, Romanian)
- Giosetta (joh-ZET-tah, Italian)
- Iveta (ee-VEH-tah, Czech, Latvian, Slovak)--form of Yvette
- Jacquetta (jah-KET-tah, English)--form of Jacqueline
- Julieta (joo-lee-ET-ah, English. Portuguese; hoo-lee-EH-tah, Spanish)--also spelled Julietta
- Lauretta (law-RET-tah, lohr-ET-tah, English; low-RET-tah, Italian)--form of Laura. Another form is Loretta.
- Lucetta (loo-SET-tah, English)--form of Lucy
- Margaretta (mar-gah-RET-tah, English)--other forms include Margareta (Dutch, German, Scandinavian), Margrete (Scandinavian), Marjeta (Slovene), Marketta (Finnish), & Merete (Dutch).
- Marietta (mah-ree-ET-tah, Italian)
- Nicoletta (nee-koh-LET-tah, Italian)--other forms include Nikoleta (Greek) & Nicoleta (Romanian)
- Odetta (oh-DET-tah, English)
- Pauletta (paw-LET-tah, English)
- Rosetta (roh-ZET-tah, Italian)
- Stenetta (sten-EH-tah, Scandinavian)--from Old Norse, "stone"
- Violeta (vee-oh-LEH-tah, Bulgarian, Lithuanian, Romanian, Serbian, Spanish)--Italian form is Violetta.
- Žaneta (zhah-NET-ah, Czech, Slovak)--form of Jane/Jean/Joan. Another form is Żaneta (Polish)
I know a 5 year old Bernadette who goes by Ettie.
ReplyDeleteBernadette! Love it. <3
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