What do you know about this name?

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A pregnant friend likes the name Hettie for her daughter. Is it short for something?

Henrietta?

Henrietta. Lovely name as long as you don't have a noun for a surname.

Hmm. Hetty Waintrhop Investigates. Mad old bat in floral frock. Is that the sort of associations you want?

Bit old ladyish i agree

Tis old liadyish, but I think it's a lovely name.

I know a 6 year old Hetti. she is very sweet

I know a 6 year old Hetti. she is very sweet

I love Hettie. It can be short for Hester, which I also love.
There is a place in Nympsfield known as Hetty Peglers Tump, and a children's book (I have it somewhere) about a witch with the same name. A nice witch, who keeps getting it wrong, so no evil connotations I know of.

Hettie is sweet but Im not sure a 15 yr old would want it.

Neither would I actually and I am 37!

Ooh I like it! Very pretty and unusual....

isn't it short for Henrietta? Bit snooty, imho.

It's not that different from Hattie - DD has a friend Harriet, who chose to become Hattie as a tenager, but it usually ends up as Hats.

So Hettie would probably end up being called Hets by her teenaged friends

I like it.

I love it,
Hattie (Harriet) and Hetti (Henrietta).....

yes maybe a little snooty.... but thats OK

We called ds (PFB) Harrison, then had two girls.... we didn't do Harrison, Harriet and Henrietta though.

Our bump is nicknamed Henrietta as DP's surname is a noun - and to make it better its the name of a huge farm yard animal (let's pretend it's horse). So if we had a Hettie, she would be Henrietta Horse. Say it out loud, you'll soon get it.

Had my nan cracking up, even stopped her crying about me being pg in the first place!

DH's nan was Hettie - her full name was Hethrine

I don't like it at all. I love Lottie, so I don't know why I dislike Hettie so much. It's illogical.

I know a Hetty short for Heather.

Is it Bull Jess?

I like it. Lots of 'old lady' type names seem to be popular like Molly, Olive and Tilly.