Nanette

Where Nanette comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Nanette.

  • Vowel-ended
Nanette through the years
  1. 1892
    First appearance
    #1,450 among girls with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1920
    Nanette Fabray born
    American actress, singer and dancer
  3. 1956
    Peak, #319
    756 babies named Nanette, its best rank.
  4. 1969
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #522.
  5. 1976
    Nanette Barragán born
    U.S. Representative from California
In the dictionary
  • A female given name.
Namesakes
  • Nanette Fabray · American actress, singer and dancer, 1920–2018
  • Nanette Barragán · U.S. Representative from California, born 1976
  • Nanette Newman · British actress, born 1934
  • Nanette Burstein · American director, producer, writer, born 1970
  • Nanette Guilford · American musician, singer and opera singer, 1903–1990

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.