Baby name
FADING
🇩🇰 🇫🇷 🇩🇪 Henriette
/ahn · ree · ET/
Meaning
“Home ruler”
French and German feminine form of Henri, from Germanic 'Heimrich' meaning home ruler; a formal name with Enlightenment-era associations across Europe.
Nicknames
hetti
Vibe
elegant
How it ages.
Formal and elegant; aging better in France and Denmark than in Germany.
The cultural moment.
Steadily used in France and Denmark; declining in Germany since the 1980s.