Ettie

French diminutive
"little"

Ettie Origin and Meaning

The name Ettie is a girl's name meaning "little".

Ettie or Etty works as a nickname for any name with a prominent "et" sound, usually at the end: think Henrietta, Juliette or Colette. The -ette ending is a French diminutive suffix.

# 993 in the US

Ettie Rank in US Top 1000

Ettie Popularity

Famous People Named Ettie

  • Mariette Elizabeth "Ettie" Rheiner Garner
    wife of U.S. Vice President John Nance Garner
  • Ettie Annie Rout
    New Zealand WWI heroine
  • Julia Ettie Crane
    American music education pioneer
  • Ettie Carlisle (born Esther Mary Cooke)
    first wife of actor Roy Redgrave
  • Ethel "Ettie" Fane
    Lady Desborough, wife of English politician William Grenfell, 1st Baron Desborough

Ettie in Pop Culture

  • Ettie Glittens
    character in 1991 movie "Speak of the Devil"
  • Ettie Parslow
    character on TV's "Prisoner"
  • Miss Ettie Coombes
    character in 1935 movie "Werewolf of London"
  • Ettie
    character in "Hell's Kitchen" by Jeffery Deaver