Given name
Ninette
“a woman graced with God's favor”
Ninette is a variant of Nanette. In French use, Nanette carries the interpretation “a woman graced with God's favor.”
Original RussianНинет
Meaning & origin
What it means
Ninette is a variant of Nanette. In French use, Nanette carries the interpretation “a woman graced with God's favor.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Russian.
How it developed
In French use, Ninette is used as a diminutive of Nina.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1919. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ninette through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 825
- 0 boys · 825 girls
- Most popular year
- 1964
- 28 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #16,605 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 16,605 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 901 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Ninette’s family of names
Ninette is a diminutive of Nina. Ninette has a related form in Nanette. Ninette has a related form in Nina.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Ninette
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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