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

These 20 names were selected by our users that were looking for other names like Minette.

• Minetta
• Tulia
• Beata
• Soledad
• Oonagh
• Nelda
• Teodora
• Odele
• Cilla
• Tuva
• Eda
• Marcheline
• Wilda
• Bibiana
• Viviette
• Claribel
• Orleanna
• Lucette
• Esma
• Fenella

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