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Hetty

American  
[het-ee] / ˈhɛt i /
Or Hettie

noun

  1. a female given name, form of Hester or Esther.


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Hetty Green was a bit like the Diana Taurasi of investing.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 12, 2025

Watch as Great Britain's Emma Finucane beats Netherlands' Hetty van de Wouw in straight rides to defend her women's sprint world title at the Track Cycling World Championships in Copenhagen.

From BBC Oct. 18, 2024

Of all the ways to use a sheet pan, “frying” rice on it might be the least intuitive — which is why Hetty McKinnon’s sheet pan-fried rice is so brilliant.

From New York Times Mar. 18, 2023

After he attended a news conference and underwent drug testing, he spoke to Hetty and his family.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 24, 2023

“When John and me was tykes, we used to be scairt of witch stories that old Aunt Hetty Walker used to tell us when she’d come to help Ma with the butcherin’ work.

From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt

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