Hetty or Hettie is a female first name, often a diminutive form (

hypocorism A hypocorism ( or ; from Ancient Greek ; sometimes also ''hypocoristic''), or pet name, is a name used to show affection for a person. It may be a diminutive form of a person's name, such as ''Izzy'' for Isabel or ''Bob (given name), Bob'' fo ...

) of Henrietta. Hetty may refer to:

People

* Hetty Balkenende (born 1939), Dutch former freestyle and synchronized swimmer * Hettie Vyrine Barnhill, (born 1984), American dancer and choreographer *Henrietta Hetty Baynes (born 1956), English actress * Hetty Burlingame Beatty (1907–1971), American sculptor, children's author, and illustrator * Hetti Bywater, English actress * Hetty Cary (1836–1892), a noted beauty of the Confederacy and one of the makers of the Confederate battle flag *Henrietta

Hetty Green Henrietta "Hetty" Howland Robinson Green (November 21, 1834 – July 3, 1916) was an American businesswoman and financier known as "the richest woman in America" during the Gilded Age. Those who knew her well referred to her admiringly as th ...

(1834–1916), American businesswoman and notorious miser * Hetty Goldman (1881–1972), American archaeologist, the first woman faculty member at the Institute for Advanced Study * Hettie Inniss (born 1999), British Caribbean artist * Hetty Johnston (born 1958), Australian child protection activist and founder of the Bravehearts children's charity * Hettie Jones (born 1934), American poet and writer *

Hetty King Winifred Emms (4 April 1883 – 28 September 1972), best known by her stage name Hetty King, was an English entertainer who performed in the music halls as a male impersonator over some 70 years. Early life She was born in New Brighton, Ches ...

(1883–1972), stage name of English music hall entertainer Winifred Emms * (born 1942), illustrator * Hettie Macdonald, British film, theatre and television director *

Hetti Perkins Hetti Kemerre Perkins (born 1965) is an Aboriginal Australian art curator and writer. She is known for her work at the Art Gallery of New South Wales, where she was the senior curator of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art at the gallery ...

, Aboriginal Australian art curator and writer * Hetty Perkins (1900–1979), elder of the Arrernte people of Central Australia *Henrietta Hetty Tayler (1869–1951), British historical writer * Hetty Verolme (born 1930), Belgian-born Australian writer and Holocaust survivor

Fictional characters

* Henrietta "Hettie" Hubble, the heroine of '' The New Worst Witch'', a sequel television series of ''The Worst Witch'' * Henrietta "Hetty" King, a major character in the television show ''

Road to Avonlea ''Road to Avonlea'' is a Canadian television series first broadcast in Canada between January 7, 1990, and March 31, 1996, as part of the '' CBC Family Hour'' anthology series, and in the United States starting on March 5, 1990. It was created ...

'' * Henrietta "Hetty" Lange, from the American television show ''NCIS: Los Angeles'' * Hetty Sorrel, a major character in George Eliot's novel ''Adam Bede'' * Hetty Wainthropp, heroine of the British television series '' Hetty Wainthropp Investigates'' * Henrietta "Hetty" Woodstone, one of the ghosts on the CBS television sitcom ''

Ghosts In folklore, a ghost is the soul or Spirit (supernatural entity), spirit of a dead Human, person or non-human animal that is believed by some people to be able to appear to the living. In ghostlore, descriptions of ghosts vary widely, from a ...

People

Fictional characters

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