Nanette

Nanette is 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.

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
• Nanette Gargalioti (born 1988), Camping personna/bon viveur

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