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

hypocorism A hypocorism ( or ; from Ancient Greek: (), from (), 'to call by pet names', 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 I ...

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Henrietta Henrietta may refer to: * Henrietta (given name), a feminine given name, derived from the male name Henry Places * Henrietta Island in the Arctic Ocean * Henrietta, Mauritius * Henrietta, Tasmania, a locality in Australia United States * Henrie ...

. Hetty may refer to:

People

* Hetty Balkenende (born 1939), Dutch former freestyle and synchronized swimmer *

Hettie Vyrine Barnhill Hettie Vyrine Barnhill, is a choreographer-dancer raised in St Louis, Missouri. She started her dance career at the age of 3 at The Pelagie Green Wren Dance Studio. Barnhill made her Broadway debut in Fela!, a musical based on events in the life ...

, (born 1984), American dancer and choreographer *Henrietta

Hetty Baynes Henrietta Sara Louise Baynes (born 16 August 1956) is an English film, television and theatre actress. She began her career in ballet by training from the age of 10 at the Royal Ballet School and made her professional debut, at the age of 12, i ...

(born 1956), English actress * Hetty Burlingame Beatty (1907–1971), American sculptor, children's author, and illustrator *

Hetty Cary Hetty Carr Cary (May 15, 1836 – September 27, 1892) was the wife of Confederate General John Pegram and, later, of pioneer physiologist H. Newell Martin. She is best remembered for making the first three battle flags of the Confederacy (al ...

(1836–1892), a noted beauty of the Confederacy and one of the makers of the Confederate battle flag *Henrietta

Hetty Green Hetty Green (November 21, 1834 – July 3, 1916), nicknamed the Witch of Wall Street, was an American businesswoman and financier known as "the richest woman in America" during the Gilded Age. She was named by the '' Guinness Book of World Reco ...

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

Hettie Jones Hettie Jones (née Cohen; born in 1934) is an American poet. She has written twenty-three books that include a memoir of the Beat Generation, three volumes of poetry, and publications for children and young adults, including ''The Trees Stand ...

(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 Hettie Macdonald is an English film, theatre and television director. Macdonald is known as the director of the Hugo Award-winning 2007 episode of the ''Doctor Who'' series, "Blink", and won a Grand Prix award, an International Jury Award - Hono ...

, British film, theatre and television director *

Hetty Perkins Hetty Perkins ( – 8 December 1979) was an elder of the Eastern Arrernte people, an Aboriginal group from Central Australia. Several of her descendants have had prominent careers in various fields, both in the Northern Territory and in other ...

(1900–1979), elder of the Arrernte people of Central Australia *Henrietta Hetty Tayler (1869–1951), British historical writer *

Hetty Verolme Hetty Esther Verolme (born 24 February 1930 in Antwerp, Belgium) is an Australian writer, educator and Holocaust survivor. She now lives in Australia. Verolme has written about her experiences as a child in Bergen-Belsen. She is a recipient of ...

(born 1930), Belgian-born Australian writer and Holocaust survivor

Fictional characters

*Henrietta "Hettie" Hubble, the heroine of ''

The New Worst Witch ''The New Worst Witch'' is a television series, based on Jill Murphy's ''The Worst Witch'' books, about a group of young witches at a Witch Academy. It ran for two series from 2005 to 2007. The series was a spin-off from ''The Worst Witch'' TV ...

'', a sequel television series of ''The Worst Witch'' *Henrietta "Hetty" King, a major character in the television show '' Road to Avonlea'' * Henrietta "Hetty" Lange, from the American television show ''NCIS: Los Angeles'' *

Hetty Sorrel Hetty Sorrel is a major character in George Eliot's novel ''Adam Bede'' (1859). Beautiful but thoughtless Hetty lives in the fictional community of Hayslope — a rural, pastoral and close-knit community in 1799. Her home is on Mr. Martin Poyse ...

, a major character in George Eliot's novel ''Adam Bede'' *Hetty Wainthropp, heroine of the British television series ''

Hetty Wainthropp Investigates ''Hetty Wainthropp Investigates'' is a British crime drama television series, starring Patricia Routledge as the title character, Henrietta "Hetty" Wainthropp, that aired for four series between 3 January 1996 and 4 September 1998 on BBC One. ...

'' *Hettie, a nanny in the 1975 comedy film ''

One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing ''One of Our Dinosaurs is Missing'' is a 1975 comedy film set in the early 1920s, about the theft of a dinosaur skeleton from the Natural History Museum. The film was produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by Buena Vista Distributio ...

'' *Hetty Woodstone, one of the ghosts on the CBS television sitcom '' Ghosts''.

Other

Hetty (vacuum) Henry (also known as Henry Hoover) is the brand name given to a canister vacuum cleaner made and sold by Numatic International, and is the only mass-produced consumer vacuum cleaner still made in Britain. It is most notable for its cartoon eye ...

, a vacuum in the Henry family of vacuums by Numatic

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