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Chevette
Pronounced shuh-VET /สษหvษt/Medium
Meaning: Chevette is a coined girl's name ending in the French diminutive -ette, echoing Yvette and Colette. It also matches the name of a small Chevrolet car popular in its peak years, and its charm rests on that dainty -ette sound.Low
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U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880โpresent). Pink marker = peak year.
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History & Origin
Chevette is a coinage shaped by the French -ette diminutive that closes Yvette, Colette, and Nanette, giving it a small, graceful ring. Its peak years also coincided with the Chevrolet Chevette, a compact car of the nineteen-seventies and eighties, so some families would have heard the name as a modern, slightly playful choice. Its heritage is honestly the -ette suffix and that era's sounds rather than a fixed traditional meaning, and it is best read as a neutral period coinage.
The name was never common, given to only about twenty girls a year at its peak in the mid nineteen-seventies. A Chevette born then is around fifty now, her name a small time capsule of that decade.
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Frequently Asked
What does the name Chevette mean?
It is a coinage with the French -ette ending, echoing Yvette; it also matched a small car of its era.
How do you pronounce Chevette?
It is said shuh-VET /สษหvษt/.
Is Chevette a boy or girl name?
Chevette is used as a girl's name.
How popular is Chevette?
It was never common, given to only about twenty girls a year at its peak in the mid nineteen-seventies.