Given name & surname
Dette
“one who is blessed”
Dette is a variant of Detta. In Latin use, Detta carries the interpretation “one who is blessed.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Dette is a variant of Detta. In Latin use, Detta carries the interpretation “one who is blessed.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1962. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Dette through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 36
- 0 boys · 36 girls
- Most popular year
- 1965
- 7 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 1974. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 7 in 1965. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 100 as a surname in 2000.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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