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Hatty

What does Hatty mean?

Hatty Pronunciation of Hatty as a name for girls is an Old German name, and the meaning of the name Hatty is "home leader". Hatty is a variant form of Harriet (Old German): feminine of Harry, from Henry. Hatty is also a variation of Henrietta (Latin, French, Old German).

STARTS/ENDS WITH Ha-, -ty

Variations

VARIANTS Hetty, Hettie, Hetta, Hattie

RELATIONS VIA HARRIET, HENRIETTA Etta, Etty, Halle, Hat, Hatsee, Hatsey, Hatsie, Hatsy, Hette, Yetta

CREATIVE FORMS
(female) Haty, ..

(male) Hatie, ..


MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Hatty Magdalena (H.M.), ..

How popular is Hatty?

Hatty is an unusual given name for females but a somewhat prominent surname for both adults and children (#103193 out of 150436, Top 69%). (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)

Which version is better?

Etta (#951 FROM RECENT DATA), Halle (#895), Harriet (#1053), Hattie (#495), Henrietta, Hettie, Hetty and Yetta are the prominent variation forms of Hatty (OUTSIDE TOP 2000). Other variants, like Hette, are seldom used. These forms of Hatty were popular with parents in the 1880s (ADOPTION OF 1.6%) and are now significantly less conventional (ADOPTION 0.09%, DOWN 94.7%), with versions like Hettie becoming less in vogue. (TOP BABY NAMES, 2018)



Top 2000 baby names ranking of Etta, Halle, Harriet, Hattie, Henrietta in U.S.

Top 2000 baby names ranking of Hettie, Hetty, Yetta in U.S.

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

Similar Names

Hatty is pronounced similarly to Hittie and Hitty. Other recommended sound-alike names are Betty, Caity, Caty, Dotty, Hadly, Haely, Haily, Haley, Hally, Hanny, Hany, Happy, Harly, Kaity, Katy, Kitty, Letty, Lotty, Marty, Matty, Natty, Netty, Patty and Tetty. These names tend to be more frequently used than Hatty.

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