Given name

Mynette

Mynette is used as a given name.

Meaning & origin

A reliable meaning for Mynette isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1947. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Mynette through the years

Babies since 1880
15
0 boys · 15 girls
Most popular year
1947
5 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
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Mynette in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1947–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 1970. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

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The ring: spellings.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Similar names

If you love Mynette, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

 

Mickie

“who is like God?”

13Very rareRising

5% boys · 95% girls

 

Marilee

18Very rareSteady

>99% girls

Latin

Lilette

“resembling a budding lily”

12Very rare

>99% girls

Nature

Ilene

“the light-bearer; from the green meadow”

22RareSteady

>99% girls

 

Eilene

“a birdlike woman”

16Very rareRising fast

>99% girls

 

Annelle

13Very rareSteady

>99% girls

Hebrew

Janette

“God is gracious”

25RareEasing

>99% girls

Sibling ideas

Names that share Mynette’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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