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Ettie

Gender
Girl
Say it
ET-ee
Origin
English
UK rank, 2025
#347 for girls
US rank, 2025
#8,858 for girls

Ettie is a girls' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 347th for girls in the UK (137 babies) and 8,858th for girls in the US (11 babies).

What does Ettie mean?

English: pet form of Henrietta or Esther

Traditional pet form of Henrietta, and sometimes of Esther.

More on Wiktionary.

Is Ettie a girl's or a boy's name?

Ettie is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 137 girls in the UK and 11 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Ettie in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#347among girls
Babies in 2025
137about 1 in 2,000 girls
Five-year trend
Rising fastup 117% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 137 girls in the UK were named Ettie, making it the 347th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 814th.

2025 had the most girls named Ettie of any year since it first appeared, in 2002.

Half of all the girls named Ettie in the UK since 1996 were born between 2018 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 148 girls in the UK were given Ettie or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #340, up from #347 for this spelling alone.

Among girls in 2025, it was 318th in England and Wales.

2002Busiest: 137 in 20252025
Ettie in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
2025137#347
2024104#452
202386#504
202288#500
202169#607
202049#814
201946#862
201856#762
201732#1,150
201626#1,361
201526#1,353
201421#1,544
201320#1,617
20128#3,148
20119#2,794
20105#4,220
20094#4,795
20080–
20070–
20063#5,259
20050–
20040–
20030–
20023#4,284

How popular is Ettie in the US?

Rank in 2025
#8,858among girls
Babies in 2025
11about 1 in 150,000 girls
Five-year trend
Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 11 girls in the US were named Ettie, making it the 8,858th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,137th. Its busiest year was 1891, with 46 girls.

Half of all the girls named Ettie in the US since 1880 were born between 1895 and 1928. It was already well used in 1880, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.

1880Busiest: 46 in 18912025
Ettie in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202511#8,858
20249#10,266
202311#8,984
20220–
202110#9,557
20207#12,137
20199#10,467
201810#9,801
20179#10,685
20169#10,855
20150–
20145#16,507
20130–
20120–
20110–
20100–
20090–
20080–
20070–
20060–
20050–
20040–
20030–
20020–
20010–
20000–
19990–
19980–
19970–
19960–
19950–
19940–
19930–
19920–
19910–
19900–
19890–
19880–
19870–
19860–
19850–
19840–
19830–
19820–
19810–
19800–
19790–
19780–
19770–
19760–
19750–
19740–
19735#8,421
19720–
19710–
19700–
19690–
19680–
19670–
19665#6,563
19650–
19640–
19635#6,591
19625#6,577
19616#5,850
19600–
19595#6,244
19589#4,192
19570–
19565#5,951
19550–
19545#5,751
19535#5,672
19527#4,482
19518#4,010
19505#5,299
194914#2,725
194810#3,349
19479#3,704
194610#3,216
19459#3,131
194417#2,095
194318#2,078
194214#2,415
19419#3,028
194013#2,296
193916#2,038
193815#2,113
193720#1,735
19367#3,374
193514#2,205
193414#2,186
193311#2,539
193220#1,753
193114#2,204
193022#1,702
192911#2,736
192819#1,960
192728#1,558
192630#1,482
192527#1,608
192431#1,503
192322#1,840
192224#1,730
192132#1,437
192031#1,439
191924#1,649
191838#1,214
191743#1,079
191633#1,246
191540#1,055
191436#988
191329#1,003
191223#1,080
191119#1,007
191021#941
190915#1,052
190826#755
190718#898
190627#707
190521#797
190423#727
190328#628
190228#623
190124#645
190030#639
189933#514
189835#527
189739#466
189633#514
189531#530
189442#429
189336#439
189222#590
189146#365
189044#378
188935#410
188832#439
188730#398
188628#406
188531#365
188416#520
188326#354
188220#407
188118#393
188025#317

Names like Ettie

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Other spellings of Ettie

Names related to Ettie

More English names

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Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Ettie: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ettie, updated 20 October 2026.