Nettie is a feminine given name that is a diminutive form of Annette, Jeanette, Anna and Antonia. Its popularity in the United States has continually declined since its peak in the 1910s and 1920s.[1] Notable people with this name include:
Given name
- Nettie Craig Asberry (1865–1968), American educator
- Nettie Lee Benson (1905–1993), American librarian
- Nettie Sanford Chapin (1830–1901), American teacher, historian, author, newspaper publisher and suffragist
- Nettie McKenzie Clapp (1868–1935), American politician
- Nettie Crawford, the 1962 Scripps National Spelling Bee champion
- Nettie Depp (1874–1932), American education reformer and public official
- Nettie Grooss (1905–1977), Dutch sprinter
- Nettie Jane Kennedy (1916–2002), American artist
- Nettie McBirney (1887–1982), American inventor
- Nettie Mayersohn (1926–2020), American politician
- Nettie Metcalf (1859–1945), American poultry farmer
- Nettie Leila Michel (1863–1912), American businesswoman, author and magazine editor
- Nettie Langston Napier (1861–1938), American activist
- Nettie Nielsen (born 1964), Danish badminton player
- Nettie Rosenstein (1890–1980), American fashion designer
- Nettie Stevens (1861–1912), American geneticist
- Nettie Barcroft Taylor (1914–2016), American librarian
- Nettie L. White (c. 1850–1921), American suffragist and stenographer
- Nettie Wiebe (born 1949), Canadian professor
- Nettie Wild, Canadian filmmaker
- Nettie Young (1916–2010), American artist
Nickname/stagename
- Nettie Adler (1868–1950), born Henrietta Adler, English politician
- Nettie Fowler (1835–1923), nickname of Nancy Fowler McCormick, American philanthropist
- Nettie Honeyball, pseudonym of possibly Mary Hutson, English footballer
- Nettie Cronise Lutes (1843–1923), nickname of Annette Cronise Lutes, American lawyer
- Nettie Parrish Martin (1840–1915), nom de plume of Marie Antoinette Parrish Hough Martin, American writer
- Nettie Palmer (1885–1964), nickname of Janet Gertrude Palmer, née Higgins, Australian poet and critic
- Nettie Runnals (1885–1980), nickname of Ninetta May Runnals, American academic
- Nettie Tobin (1863–1944), nickname of Esther Tobin, American Bahá'í community member
Fictional characters
- Nettie Fowler, a character in Carousel (musical)
See also
- All pages with titles beginning with Nettie
- All pages with titles containing Nettie
- Nettie (disambiguation)
- Nettle (disambiguation)
- Nette (disambiguation)
- Netti (disambiguation)
- Netti Shanker Yadav
Notes
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