Given name & surname · also German

Nett

“clean”

Nett is a surname with more than one origin.

Meaning & origin

What it means

As a German surname, Nett goes back to Old French net, meaning “clean.”

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Where it comes from

As a German surname, it comes from Middle High German nett.

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How it developed

From Middle High German nett, from Old French net (“clean”), from Latin *nittus.

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Nett’s family of names

In English usage, Nett as a surname has a related form in MCNETT.

Walk Nett’s family in the name graph

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Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

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Etruscan

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Ancient Greek

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Latin

Naoi

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Latin

Anaklét

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Latin

Nisonen

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Latin

Nyyssönen

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Ancient Greek

Eumenes

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Latin

Éden

Éden is a unisex given name from Latin. It is used in French.

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Sibling ideas

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