Baby name
RISING
🇬🇧 🇺🇸 Hattie
/HAT · ee/
Meaning
“Home ruler”
English diminutive of Harriet, itself the feminine of Harry, from Germanic 'Heimrich' meaning home ruler; Hattie McDaniel was the first Black person to win an Academy Award.
Nicknames
hatt
Vibe
gentle
How it ages.
Riding the vintage-nickname wave hard right now; peak may be close.
The cultural moment.
Rising sharply in the UK and US since 2015; top 100 in England since around 2020.