Nanette
Nanette is a feminine given name. By 2013, the name was considered to be on the verge of extinction in the United States; it had been among the top 1000 baby names until 1977, and had reached a peak in usage in 1956.[1]
Notable people with the name include:
- Nanette Bordeaux (1911–1956), Canadian-born American actress
- Nanette Burstein (born 1970), American film and television director
- Nanette M. DeRenzi, United States Navy admiral
- Nanette Fabray (born 1920), American actress, comedian, singer, dancer and activist
- Nanette Gartrell, American psychiatrist and writer
- Nanette Hansen, American journalist
- Nanette Hassall (born 1947), Australian dancer
- Nanette Kay Laughrey (born 1946), American judge
- Nanette Lepore (born 1964), American fashion designer
- Nanette Maxine, American singer
- Nanette Milne (born 1942), Scottish politician
- Nanette Newman (born 1934), English actress and writer
- Nanette Workman (born 1945), American singer-songwriter, actress and writer
- Nanette Barragan (born 1976), American politician
- Nanette Blitz Konig (born 1929), Holocaust survivor
Other uses
- Nanette (show), stand-up act by Australian comedian Hannah Gadsby
- The Groovy Girls doll line, by Manhattan Toy, features a doll named Nanette.
- Nanette: An Aside, a short story by Willa Cather
See also
- 5852 Nanette, main-belt asteroid
- Nanetti
References
- "Baby Names on the Verge of Extinction". Yahoo! Parenting. Dec 26, 2015. Retrieved Jan 3, 2016.
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