Given name & surname
Mariette
Mariette is a feminine given name from French. It is used in English and French.
Original FrenchMarie
Meaning & origin
How it developed
In French usage, Mariette is a diminutive of Marie.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1887. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Mariette through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,052
- 0 boys · 1,052 girls
- Most popular year
- 1950
- 25 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 7 in 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 25 in 1950. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,337 as a first name in 2020; 123 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.
Mariette’s family of names
In French usage, Mariette is a diminutive of Marie. Mariette has a related form in Marietta. In French usage, Mariette has a conventional equivalent in the Basque form MARITXU.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Mariette has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its French roots to each of them.
Frenchwhere Mariette comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 6
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Mariette
- Mariette HanssonSwedish singer and songwriterborn 1983
- Hellé NiceFrench racing driver, model, dancer (1900–1984)
- Mariette Rheiner GarnerSecond Lady of the United States (1869-1948)
- Mariette Van HeerdenZimbabwean athletics competitorborn 1952
- Mariette Leslie CottonAmerican painter (1866–1947)
- Mariette d'EnghienFrench noble1350
- Mariette LydisAustrian-born Argentine painter (1887-1970)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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