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Manette
How to Pronounce Manette
Pronounced muh-NET /məˈnɛt/Medium
Meaning: Manette is a French pet-form name, most plausibly built from Marie or Anne with the affectionate -ette ending common in French diminutives; it is also familiar as a surname in literature (Lucie Manette in Dickens's A Tale of Two Cities), though that is a family name, not this first name's origin.Low
Popularity in the U.S. · SSA data
U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880–present). Pink marker = peak year.
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History & Origin
Manette reads as a French pet-form, most plausibly built from Marie or Anne with the affectionate -ette ending seen in names like Jeanette and Antoinette. The exact parent name is not fully certain.
Manette was never common in the United States, given to only about twenty girls a year at its peak around 1958, and it faded by the mid-1980s. It carries a light, old-fashioned French charm.
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What does the name Manette mean?
It is a French pet-form name, likely a diminutive of Marie or Anne with the affectionate -ette ending.
How do you pronounce Manette?
It is said muh-NET /məˈnɛt/, two syllables with the stress on the second.
Is Manette a boy or girl name?
Manette is used as a girl's name.
How popular is Manette?
It has always been rare in the United States, given to only about twenty girls a year at its peak in the late nineteen-fifties.