Details for the forename Ettie

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Ettie (female)


Pet Name for:	Esther (F) Ethel (F) Henrietta (F)
Can be spelt:	Etty (F)

Source(s):	"Scottish Forenames" - Donald Whyte, FGH, FSG Personal communications [BF; CG]
Notes:	English; commonly used as a nickname for Esther, from Persian "star". However, a correspondent [BF] working on the Ryerson Index [Contemporary Death Notices and Obituaries in Australian Newspapers] found Ettie used as a nickname for Ethel. Another correspondent [CG] has Ettie used as a nickname for Henrietta.