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What could Etta be short for?!

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sunshineleah · 03/04/2011 19:00

Hey all, I have fallen in love with the name Etta for a girl, but DP thinks it is too nickname-y for birth certificate...

The only name I can think of that it could be a nn for is Juliet, and that's pushing it. Plus I'm not too keen on it.

Any other suggestions?!

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RobynLou · 03/04/2011 19:00

henrietta?

BikeRunSki · 03/04/2011 19:05

Jazz singer Etta James was Jamesetta. Hmmm...

Juliet/ta
Henriet/ta
Harriet
Violet/ta

Happygomummy · 03/04/2011 19:06

Loretta

seeker · 03/04/2011 19:06

The Etta we know is Italian - and her full name is Guilietta

FlipFantasia · 03/04/2011 19:30

How about Marietta (I love this name and we may use it for a future DC - I love Etta but agree with your DH that it needs to be a shortening of a full name).

AFAIK Etta James was named after her father James...

banjomanjo · 03/04/2011 19:31

Harriet?

monkeybumsmum · 03/04/2011 19:34

Elzbieta? Not sure about spelling, but I work with a lady with that name. She's known as Ella though, but Etta would work. V pretty!

mamacheeks · 03/04/2011 19:40

A Basque terrorist organisation - ETA - not being snipey, just the first thing I thought of and thought you should know!

SilkStalkings · 03/04/2011 20:40

Cosette, Musette, Alyette (real French name)

piebald · 03/04/2011 20:43

Jetta
Etta is lovely and as someone who was named a proper name but only ever called an abbreviated version of it, it can be a bit of a nuisance having 2 names

Jemma1111 · 03/04/2011 20:44

Collette ?

AliceWorld · 03/04/2011 20:46

Euskadi Ta Askatasuna

SilkStalkings · 03/04/2011 20:46

Jaquetta

Chooster · 03/04/2011 20:47

I'm rosetta and have friend who's little girl is cosetta. Both would work!

MavisEnderby · 03/04/2011 20:48

Oh I nearly called dd Etta after Etta James but chose a (now extremely popular) fellow wonderful jazz/blues singers name instead.It's a lovely name!!

growing3rdbump · 03/04/2011 21:08

Esther perhaps?

Calyx · 03/04/2011 21:08

My gran was Etta, loved that but her full name was Euphemia :)

SilkStalkings · 03/04/2011 21:12

Another Greek name: Eleftheria means freedom)

BikeRunSki · 03/04/2011 21:15

Lettice

olympialimpet · 03/04/2011 21:17

My friend has an Etta, short for Henrietta

DownyEmerald · 03/04/2011 21:33

Ok I tried this once already but it didn't seem to work??

Elisavetta

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sunshineleah · 04/04/2011 16:46

Ah brill, yhou guys are far better at this than me! Loving Esther and Alyette!

Thank you!

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virginiasmonalogue · 04/04/2011 17:22

Violetta is gorgeous x

BikeRunSki · 04/04/2011 22:13

Is Ettienne a b or g name?

seeker · 04/04/2011 22:23

Ettienne doesn;t exist.

Etienne is the French for Stephen.