Georgette

Where Georgette comes from

From French Georgette. By surface analysis, George + -ette. Piecewise doublet of Georgetta.
— Wiktionary's entry for Georgette
  • French
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1869
    Georgette Leblanc born
    French singer
  2. 1888
    First appearance
    #1,276 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1902
    Georgette Heyer born
    British historical romance and detective fiction novelist
  4. 1948
    Peak, #455
    307 babies named Georgette — more than any year before or since.
  5. 1971
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #880.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from French.
Namesakes
  • Georgette Heyer · British historical romance and detective fiction novelist, 1902–1974
  • Georgette Leblanc · French singer, 1869–1941
  • Georgette Agutte · French painter and sculptor, 1867–1922
  • Georgette Harvey · American singer and actor, 1884–1952
  • Georgette Chen · Singaporean Artist, 1906–1993

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.