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Miette

Girl · mee-ET · French

Miette is a girls' name of French origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.

What does Miette mean?

French: also the French word miette 'crumb', used as a pet name

Also an ordinary French word meaning crumb, used affectionately for a small child.

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

Miette is a girls' name.

How popular is Miette in the US?

No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2008, with 24 girls. It first appears in the records in 1996.

Half of all the girls named Miette in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.

1996Busiest: 24 in 20082019
Miette in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20197#12,442
20180–
20175#15,898
20166#14,326
20158#11,830
201412#8,961
20137#13,145
201214#8,204
201110#10,370
201014#8,267
200919#6,808
200824#5,747
20078#12,671
200617#7,140
200511#9,447
200412#8,711
200310#9,666
200218#6,124
20017#12,049
20006#13,147
199911#8,216
19986#12,420
199710#8,329
19965#13,511

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