Hetty
Girl · HET-ee · Germanic
Hetty is a girls' name of Germanic origin, meaning “home ruler”. In 2025 it ranked 2,856th for girls in the UK (9 babies).
What does Hetty mean?
Germanic: pet form of Henrietta, sometimes of Hester
“home ruler”
Hetty Sorrel is a central character in George Eliot's novel Adam Bede.
- Say it
- HET-ee
Is Hetty a girl's or a boy's name?
Hetty is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Hetty in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,856among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 31,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 53% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 9 girls in the UK were named Hetty, making it the 2,856th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,348th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 45 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Hetty than any year since 2005.
Half of all the girls named Hetty in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 53 girls in the UK were given Hetty or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #701, up from #2,856 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,786th in England and Wales.
Hetty in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #2,856 |
| 2024 | 10 | #2,644 |
| 2023 | 15 | #1,955 |
| 2022 | 12 | #2,277 |
| 2021 | 14 | #2,069 |
| 2020 | 25 | #1,348 |
| 2019 | 19 | #1,651 |
| 2018 | 28 | #1,274 |
| 2017 | 26 | #1,356 |
| 2016 | 33 | #1,133 |
| 2015 | 45 | #887 |
| 2014 | 29 | #1,235 |
| 2013 | 34 | #1,117 |
| 2012 | 34 | #1,104 |
| 2011 | 21 | #1,518 |
| 2010 | 22 | #1,475 |
| 2009 | 17 | #1,691 |
| 2008 | 16 | #1,745 |
| 2007 | 16 | #1,694 |
| 2006 | 10 | #2,263 |
| 2005 | 7 | #2,806 |
| 2004 | 11 | #1,949 |
| 2003 | 6 | #2,877 |
| 2002 | 9 | #2,040 |
| 2001 | 10 | #1,832 |
| 2000 | 9 | #1,942 |
| 1999 | 10 | #1,770 |
| 1998 | 8 | #2,110 |
| 1997 | 5 | #2,896 |
| 1996 | 11 | #1,621 |
Names like Hetty
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Lottie Hattie Harriet Ada Etta Ruby Ottilie Daisy Elsie Millie Florence Matilda
Other spellings of Hetty
Hettie Heti Hetti
More Germanic names
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