Given name & surname
Rett
“a well-spoken man”
Rett is a variant of Rhett. One Latin interpretation is “a well-spoken man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Rett is a variant of Rhett. One Latin interpretation is “a well-spoken man.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Rett is a variant of Rhett. An origin associated with Rhett is Dutch.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1958. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Rett is a variant of Rhett. The history of Rhett gives this family its wider story. Rhett Butler in Margaret Mitchell’s Gone with the Wind brought the surname Rhett into wider use as a first name. The surname connects with Dutch de Raedt and an older word for “advice.”
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Rett through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 142
- 142 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2013
- 8 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 boys is 5 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 8 in 2013. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 274 as a first name in 2020; 120 as a surname in 2020.
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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