Message: "Henriette" - Behind the Name

Henriette

by Wordsmith

4/21/2018, 12:15 PM

While I've loved Henrietta for a long time, Henriette is a newer object of admiration for me. I love its trim, continental elegance, and I find the nicknames Hetty / Hettie and Henny / Hennie deeply endearing. What do you think?

Here are some combos:

Henriette Agatha
Henriette Alice
Henriette Amabel
Henriette Amalia
Henriette Augusta
Henriette Beatrice / Beatrix
Henriette Camilla
Henriette Cecile
Henriette Cecilia
Henriette Claudia
Henriette Claudine
Henriette Clotilde
Henriette Cordelia
Henriette Cornelia
Henriette Dorothy
Henriette Emilie / Emily
Henriette Emmeline
Henriette Eugenia
Henriette Eugenie
Henriette Eulalie
Henriette Flora
Henriette Florence
Henriette Geneva
Henriette Genevieve
Henriette Gertrude
Henriette Ingrid
Henriette Isabeau
Henriette Isabel
Henriette Josephine
Henriette Julia
Henriette Lavinia
Henriette Letitia
Henriette Lillian
Henriette Louisa
Henriette Lydia
Henriette Magdalene
Henriette Margery / Marjorie
Henriette Matilda
Henriette Millicent
Henriette Miriam
Henriette Olivia
Henriette Ophelia
Henriette Phyllida
Henriette Rosalind
Henriette Rosamund / Rosemonde
Henriette Rosemary
Henriette Roxane
Henriette Sibylla
Henriette Sophia
Henriette Sylvia
Henriette Ursula
Henriette Virginia
Henriette Vivienne
Henriette Winifred

#Henriette

This message was edited 4/21/2018, 12:16 PM

Replies

- Septapus (Buneary)

4/22/2018, 8:30 AM

I think it's lovely. I like the nickname Henny.

- Cayden (theparkite)

4/21/2018, 9:56 PM

Henriette is beautiful! I always picture it on a sophisticated, intelligent French woman.

I think it works best with short, classic middles:

Henriette Anne
Henriette Fawn
Henriette Jeanne
Henriette Pauline
Henriette Lucille
Henriette Julie
Henriette Ilsa
Henriette Laura
Henriette Brigid
Henriette Marina

- noel (glaucous)

4/21/2018, 3:02 PM

I dunno, maybe this is snobby, but I expect the H to be dropped when I see it; if it's not, then I'd prefer Harriet or Henrietta.

I'm having a hard time coming up with a name I like less than Hennie. It's kind of like the feminine equivalent of Humbert, to me.

Of your combos...
Pronounced the French way, my favorite is Henriette Genevieve.
Pronounced the German way, my favorite is Henriette Gertrude.
Pronounced Henry-ette, my favorite is Henriette Julia.

- Fictionfan86110 (guest)

4/21/2018, 2:03 PM

Not bad, I just prefer Henrietta more

- Pie

4/21/2018, 1:49 PM

I had an I-forget-how-many-greats-grandmother Henriette. I much prefer the French pronunciation.
Henriette Roxane is my favourite.

- Jagoda (-doe)

4/21/2018, 1:40 PM

I love the nicknames Hettie and Hetta, but I’m afraid I don’t like Henriette, at all. It reminds me of peanut butter in a weird way, it feels sticky and clotted, like it might cement my mouth shut. I also think it sounds like someone chopped the end of Henrietta and stifled its flow, and it doesn’t have the smoothness of Harriet to make up for it.

My favourite of your combinations is Henriette Geneva, followed by Henriette Louisa.

This message was edited 4/21/2018, 1:40 PM

- Anneza +1

4/21/2018, 1:27 PM

Fine if you're in a Francophone region. Where I live, it sounds like henry-ETT.

I vastly prefer Harriet and would use it.

- Wordsmith

4/21/2018, 1:32 PM

I pronounce Henriette the way it's pronounced where you live, and I love it. :)

- Myosotis

4/21/2018, 1:02 PM

I really like Henriette! Beautiful, elegant, a little mysterious, gorgeous! But I know that I'd have to think about it every time I say it, and put on a bit of an accent for it do it justice. I have it in the middle in a few places for that reason, and because I've found it tends to flow better. I like a lot of the middles you suggested but I think Henriette Cecile flows best imo. Henriette Mathilde could work too.

View Message

Replies