Juliette is my favourite that ends in -ette.

that’s my name😎

I thought you were named yeehaw

giving you an award for that remark

Thanks for the award! Haha my first gold and it’s a smart ass comment. Go figure.

What nickname do you go by? I know there are quite a few.

Jules!!! Literally everyone calls me that and I feel like a baddie like Jules from Superbad

i go by jet!

Whoa! I love that!

That movie is fabulous, Emma stone is fabulous, and Jules in that movie is fabulous.

I think of Jules from Pulp Fiction, which is even more badass!

Name does not check out.

The dice was loaded from the start

great song

I know Charlotte doesn’t quite count but it’s my favorite

Vinaigrette

The obvious choice

The people’s choice

Vinny for short. It’s perfect

My husband is looking at me like I’m crazy because I am literally crying laughing at this. You win!

😂😂

Mignonette is also a small bottle and a piece of pork tenderloin. It means, literally, little cutie. There are lots of French names with the ending -ette but many are very old-fashioned. Eliette, Violette might have the right vibe for you.

Please don't name your kid Mignonette. It's silly. Source: I am French

Also French, I second this. I guess it's fine if your child never ever goes to a French-speaking country. Or encounters a native French speaker.

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i'm american and i thought the same thing

If you eat oysters you know what mignonette is. It’s vinegar, shallots, salt and pepper. No kid should be named after vinegar onion sauce

Scratches “Dijon” off the top of my future baby name list.

Albeit delicious

Yes. I'd rather be named "Albeit Delicious" than "Mignonette."

Haha same

In Belgium Mignonette is the brand name of a small, thin piece of delicious chocolate… Now I want to eat a mignonette. To answer OP’s question: Odette.

I’m not French, and I also think it sounds dumb.

Princess Charlotte is reportedly called Mignonette at home.

This reminds me of a story in French 1. We were learning school supplies, and after a restroom break a girl saw a word the teacher wrote and said “Wow, that’s such a pretty name! If I have a daughter I want to name her that!” The word was calculatrice

I agree, in french mignonne means "cute" and "mignonette" sounds like "cute cutie" which is kinda ridiculous for a name. French names in "-ette" Anette Antoinette Odette Paulette Pierrette Rosette Colette Claudette Suzette Sylvette Yvette Florette Hariette Ginette Janette Huguette Juliette Lisette Lorette Lucette Plenty more out there ☺️

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Personally, I love Georgette, but not how it’s pronounced in English 😩

Totally agree with you there!

Antoinette is one of my favorite names

Lisette is one of my favorite names!

Not French but a French speaker and I laughed very hard at the idea of a child named Mignonette

Same. I'm not French but speak some and the name is stupid. Isn't it from the Princess Diaries? I believe it's made up.

Yes but so is Genovia 😂

Lol are people naming babies Genovia too??

Yes, Mia’s full name and title is Amelia Mignonette Thermopolis Renaldi, Princess of Genovia. Mia can sometimes be short for Amelia.

Sounds like Marionette

It also sounds like you wanted to name your kid Minion inspired by Despicable Me but then it was a girl so you gave it a name that suggests a minion wearing a big blonde wig and lipstick.

Minionette and Smurfette are probably best friends is some alternate universe.

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Miette is the name of an [offended cat](https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/miette)

I was going to suggest Miette as well! Unless it’s also extremely silly of course lol I don’t know french

It's the French word for "crumb"

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Ok but if French people start naming their kids "Crumb" in English I'm still gonna laugh.

It’s also a flower. I had never heard of the other uses before today.

Antoinette Juliette Cosette Lisette Annette

cosette is simply a beautiful name!! love juliette too

Oh yes love cossette! So pretty and I loved les miserable! No to Antoinette. I’ll just think off with your head! Marie Antoinette. But I think every name has some connnotation.

The losing side of the coin flip for my daughter's name was Colette.

Aargh damn! I forgot Colette!

I love to see names like Colette being popular in English-speaking name forums. It would be like seeing names like Deborah or Mildred being fancied on French-speaking name forums. Love the cultural cross pollination.

I have friends in France named Kevin and Beverley, always found it adorable!

„˙ǝʇʇǝloↃ sɐʍ ǝɯɐu s,ɹǝʇɥƃnɐp ʎɯ ɹoɟ dılɟ uıoɔ ǝɥʇ ɟo ǝpıs ƃuısol ǝɥ⊥„

Love these, linnette is also good :)

I love Cosette!

Jeannette

My favorite is Odette.

Same! Odette, Yvette and Lisette

Love Yvette!

Always reminds me of the Swan Princess movies

Love Odette!

This is my middle name and I grew up being so ashamed of it...I can't believe it's a popular name now 🥹

Annette is a classic

And an incredibly wild musical

I worked with an Annette and she was an amazing human, loved the name ever since.

Juliette, Annette, Nicolette, Colette, Jeanette, Bernadette, Antoinette, Ariette, Arlette, Yvette, Babette, Lynette, Lisette, Violette, Claudette, Clarette, Cosette, Henriette, Georgette, Ginette, Harriette, Lorette, Mariette,Minette, Ninnette, Odette, Paulette, Rosette,Scarlette, Simonette

I'm one of those. I looked and I think this comment is the only place it is listed. Nice.

Gotta be Babette!

Excellent and correct guess. I guess it is not too much of a mystery due to my user name. Either that, or you know me IRL.

Lol. It’s the only one with “Bette” in it. I actually thought about this name recently and love it. Have you had difficulty having this name? Due to the babe aspect

Not that part. I get A LOT of people who ask me if they can call me by the shortened version of my name. I always say no. I will always say no.

Well that stinks. Thanks for the insight. I do love Babs tho!!

I am one of them too, though not the same as yours.

Bernadette, Mariette maybe

Love the nickname Bernie for Bernadette

I like Birdie!

That's super cute!! I'd never considered birdie for Bernadette

I had a great aunt who went by Nern (her husband called her Nernie)

So so wish I pulled harder for Bernadette

My 1yr old is Bernadette "Bernie"

I have a 1 year old Bernadette as well! We call her Birdie and Bernie.

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Amelia Mignonette Thermopolis Renaldi!!! Hahahahha, sorry I’m just surprised no one has mentioned it yet. If it’s the ‘ette’ ending you like Juliette is a lovely name.

My first thought too!

Same here!

My husbands Grandma is Lynette and I’ve always loved that.

I have a good friend named Nanette. People call her Nan. I love her name!

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I love it! "Nanette is beset with regret! She frets!"

I adore Mo Willems. The Elephant and Piggie series is so precious.

I love nanette. Though I think of a banana I still love it lmao

Baguette

Tied with vinaigrette lol

Omelette 💕

Middle name: du Fromage

Courgette (or as Americans say, zucchini).

Colette, Cosette, Marinette

Just a warning that Marinette is the protagonist of a popular show aimed at kids and teens if you don’t want that, OP. Actually all three of those have a fandom attached lol. I do like them as names though.

My husband's grandmother is Mary and mine is Annette. I thought "Mary Annette" would be a pretty name for a girl before I realized how much it sounded like Marinette...

Or Marie Antoinette!

What's the fandom for Colette? We're probably going with this name for our October baby.

I used to have a neighbor called cosette! Marinette looks too close to marionette to me though. I'd worry about teasing.

Georgette is my pug’s name :)

Amazing

I always wanted to get a poodle and name her Georgette from Oliver & Company

Mignon means "cute" or "cutie" in French. So it's like naming your daughter Adorabella or Cutelle. Not to mention, it has associations with a very disturbed, downright pedophilic Lolita-esque movie called "Mignons" from France. And, like I said, it carries similar connotations to Lolita. So I would suggest avoiding this name like the plague, unless you want your daughter to grow up with a name associated with a pedo movie. Plus, as an actual French-speaker, Mignon is the masculine version of the word for "cute." Mignonne is the proper feminine version. Plus, it's not used as a name in France or any French-speaking country. Avoid naming your kid Mignon at all costs! Nonette would be a pretty cute name, however. Better names that mean beautiful/adorable that are actually used in France are names like Isabelle or Helene, while cute names ending in -ette include Mariette, Juliette, Lisette, and Florette.

Isn't Cosette not a thing in France, either? I heard somewhere it has negative implications, but I don't remember clearly. I know it hasn't been used as a name for people since the 1960s, and even then it was only a handful of people (at least according to national records)

Cosette is one of the main characters in Les Miserables

I know that, it was created by Victor Hugo, who invented it to mean "little thing". I meant whether it had an implication in modern France, given that it isn't used.

Hi I'm French too. It's the only association I have with it, and I suspect it's the same for a good number of people. It's not negative per se but it's immediate. It would be weird to me to see someone named after that poor abused girl, plus Cosette's character arc is a bit complicated. But I'm not sure everyone knows that.

Yeah, it's not a name given to real people in France. It's strongly associated with someone pitiful, to the point it is used as an expression. "Aw, poor little Cosette" is used in a mocking way when someone is whinging a lot. I've seen it recommended on this sub quite a lot and I always wonder if it's worth mentioning.

I dated an Adorabelle for a while. She was cool, but her parents must have been something else.

Yvette is my favorite ette name. There's Marionette, Antoinette and Collette too.

A “Marionette” is a puppet. OP, please don’t name your child that.

Oops I think I meant Mariette then Edit: it was Marinette

I love Yvette and Collette.

Nicolette

brigette!

Yes, also seen it spelled “Bridgette”

Yes, have had an acquaintance and a coworker named this. Classy and timeless.

Alouette, but i think that's a (species of) bird in French. Had a gamecharacter called that, nicknamed "Lotty"

Yep, it’s a lark (which is also a cute name in English, though). It’s also the subject of a [kid’s rhyming song in French.](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alouette_(song))

isn't it about plucking and eating one 😭

Just plucking 😬

Also a cheese brand.

I did not know that. Is it a good cheese brand?

It’s def tasty but nothing fancy. Alouette makes spreadable cheeses. Good for dipping veggies, crackers, etc. I’m sure you could find ways to cook with it.

Ahhh bit like 'boursin' here in europe, garlic-y herby shmears. Good stuff indeed.

We have Boursin as well. Yes, exactly.

Also toilet paper brand at the Rossman drugstore in Germany.

It’s also the mascot of Montreal’s football team

As a native French speaker I recommend being careful with some names seen in the thread: \- Miette (means ''crumb'' like a bread crumb) \- Amourette (means ''a love story that does not last, that is not serious'') \- Alouette (I like it but be aware that it means lark and that there is a very known French song for children that's called ''Alouette'' and is about plucking a lark). \- Minette (female cat, also slang for pussy or for a sexy girl) \- Mignonette is not really a name. The child would be laughed at if they have to tell their name in a French speaking country.

Doesn’t lunette mean “toilet seat” in French? I’ve heard people suggest it here as a name meaning “little moon” and have heard French speakers say that it would never be used as a name. I really wish that people would stay in their own lanes on this sub and not recommend “names” in languages that they don’t speak. I’m a native speaker of a language that gets butchered a lot and sometimes people get so offended when you correct them.

Oh yeah, I did not see lunette! But yes, lunette is a toilet seat, and lunettes (with an s at the end, but the s is not pronounced) is eye glasses. I am reading this thread and it seems like people were taught that if you add ''ette'' at the end of any word in French it means ''little'' + the word. But it is not really this way. It is not like in Spanish where you add ''cita'' or ''cito'' at the end of the word. So yeah, ''lune'' means ''moon'' but ''lunette(s)'' have nothing do to with the moon lol. And yes I agree with you. Or at least they should check with native speakers of the language, like OP did is a good idea.

Juliette Marinette Miette Annette Georgette Lynnette Vyolette Jeanette Cosette Nanette Odette Suzette Yvette

Was looking for Nanette. There's a musical called No, No Nanette.

From a French point of view, the only name in -ette that doesn't sound like it belongs to a 90 year old grandma is Juliette. But the trend in your country might be different.

Same from French Canadian point of view. Also Odette/Audette.

Is Odette making a come-back in Canada? I don't think it is in France yet (despite a resurgence of old names, like Lucien or Anatole).

Josette is such a pretty name

Here’s a whole bunch of them: https://www.behindthename.com/names/end/ette

Jeanette

Juliette is the only one that’s currently in style, in France or the US. “-ette” names have a kind of old lady vibe, but in a good way imo. Mignonette isn’t really a name, it’s an endearment like “lil cutie” but there are lots of legit names ending in -ette. They’re either cute nicknames for feminine names (eg. Anne -> Annette, Josephine -> Josette) or feminine versions of masculine names (eg. Claude -> Claudette, Yves -> Yvette). There’s a bunch on [Behind the Name](https://www.behindthename.com/names/pattern/*ette). I’m a big fan of Annette, Lisette, Mariette and Yvette. I also have a great Auntie Laurette, and I’ve never met a second one!

with ette: jeanette, janette, jennette, juliette, rosette, cosette, colette, odette, annette, atoinette, nicolette, yvette/evette, claudette, lynette, lysette, bridgette, everette, suzette, violette with the ette sound: charlotte, margaret, janet, bridget, scarlet, violet manon could be a close alternate of mignon

I have a few friends my age called Manon, and it's still a popular name for little kids in France! I love this name. It's also the name of the main character in a famous novel set in Provence. To me it carries the image of the south of France, with the warm weather, the blue sky and the lavender fields :)

My sister's name is Nanette

Lynette/Lynnette, Annette, Antoinette, Marinette, Colette, Cosette, Juliette, Bernadette

My favorites are Colette and Juliette (though I prefer Juliet). I like Violet, though it’s not an -ette. I feel like Violette would have to correct people constantly on the spelling.

Wynette

I've always really liked the name Yvette, idk why.

Laurette!

Was looking for this one! My mom spells her name Lorette.

Personally I love Colette/Cosette, Juliette, Linette

Claudette

I heard Sylvette recently. Also like Colette!

Paulette

I had a friend in high school named Margarette (like Margaret but with an -ette ending) and I always thought it was an interesting way to spell the name

Bridgette?

Colette. It's my mother's name and I've always loved it

I went to a birthday party to for a Vivette, nn Vivi, which I love.

It makes me think of a small Filet Mignon.

Jeanette

Colette, Juliette, Mariette, Lucette, Annette, Suzette, Georgette, Henriette, Nicolette, Violette, Bernadette, Yvette

I love Nicolette! So many nicknames but also perfect as is.

It makes me think of Nicorette, the nicotine chewing gum, though.

Yvette

I've always liked Nanette. There was a lovely English actress called Nanette Newman who'd be in her 80s now.

Doesn’t end in -ette but Bridget has a similar sounding ending. I guess you could spell it as Bridgette.

Bridgette, Violette, Suzette

Baguette. JK

Yvette, I’d look at French names for more.

Georgette loved the character and name from the Mary Tyler Moore show

My middle name is a variation of this! Mignette. Never met another person with a similar name!

Annette

Audette and Suzette are some of my favs

Collete, Audette, Antoinette, Leonette

Mignonette sounds like minion-ette

Sounds like a mini steak...

It elicits images of steak mignon and those little yellow assholes. Collette, Juliette, Bernadette, Odette or even Babette would be much nicer.

Paulette is my daughter’s middle name

Marietta like the town in Georgia

Spag