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Georgette

What does Georgette mean?

Georgette Pronunciation of Georgette as a girls' name is of French and Greek origin, and the meaning of Georgette is "farmer". French feminine diminutive of George, used since the 1940s. A purposely wrinkled fabric called georgette was named after its French creator. Author Georgette Heyer; socialite Georgette Mosbacher. Also form of Georgia.

STARTS/ENDS WITH Ge-, -ette

ASSOCIATED WITH greek

Variations

VARIANTS Georgetta, Georjetta, Jorjetta, Jorjette

CREATIVE FORMS
(female)

(male)


MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Georgette Emarie (G.E.), ..

How popular is Georgette?

Georgette is a very popular first name for women (#863 out of 4276, Top 20%) and a slightly less popular surname for all people (#91004 out of 150436, Top 60%). (2000 U.S. CENSUS)

Georgette entered the list in 1890-1899 and reached its top rank of #529 in the U.S. in the 1920s, but is not ranked currently. (2018 BIRTH STATISTICS)

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Georgette name in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Georgette outside U.S.

Which version is better?

George, Georgetta and Georgia (#223 THE PREVIOUS YEAR) are the prominent related forms of Georgette ranked in the Top 2000. These relations of Georgette reached the top of their popularity a century ago (AVERAGE #979) and have become much less common since (#1555, DOWN 72%), with versions like Georgia becoming less in vogue.



Top 2000 baby names ranking of Georgette, George, Georgetta, Georgia in U.S.

Top 100 baby names ranking of Georgia outside U.S.

Similar Names

Georgette is pronounced similarly to Georjette. Other recommended sound-alike names are Amorette, Bergett (see Bridget), Bergette, Bernette, Dorette, Garnette, Genette, Georgeana, Georgeann, Georgeanne, Georgeina, Georgena, Georgene, Georgie, Georgienne, Georgine, Grette, Henriette, Korette, Lorette, Lorrette, Margette, Pearlette, Perlette and Vernette. These names tend to be less commonly used than Georgette.

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