Message: "Help!" - Behind the Name

Help!

by eiluned

6/17/2006, 1:41 AM

I have a friend named Minette. Does anyone have any info on the origin and meaning of the name???

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- Ylva

6/17/2006, 5:19 AM

Minette sounds French

Minette could be a form of Mina (a short form of Wilhelmina) or Minna ("love"). Minette would then mean "little Mina/Minna".

Compare the French Annette from Anne and Ninette from Nina.

"But it’s all right now.
I learned my lesson well.
You see you can’t please everyone
So you got to please yourself."
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- poppylena

6/17/2006, 7:43 AM

I'm not sure about the origin/meaning but Henrietta Anne, daughter of Charles I was called Minette though I haven't been able to find out why she was called that.

Maybe that will help.

~Louise x
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- Anneza +1

6/18/2006, 10:27 PM

In "The Little White Horse" Minette is used as a nickname for Maria, for a very petite character.

- Jenna (Jenna R)

6/19/2006, 6:33 PM

Related to that theory, I have a French friend named Marinette, a variation of Marie. Minette could easily be a shortened from of Marinette.

- Vraiment

6/19/2006, 4:21 AM

I think it would be a Latin-French name meaning "little love". Someone petite and alluring would probably be named this.

- DianaJones

6/24/2006, 6:24 AM

It is the French for (female) pussy cat!

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