Hattie
Hattie is a girl name of German origin, meaning Ruler of the home.
What Hattie means
Ruler of the home.
Hattie sits at 6 letters, and ends on a vowel, which tends to make a name sound open and carry well when called across a room.
Where Hattie comes from
German names are typically Germanic compounds, built from two elements — often one describing strength or protection and one describing a domain such as battle, home, or people.
Hattie is recorded as German in origin. Browse other German names.
How popular is Hattie?
In the girl name rankings we track, Hattie falls outside the top 100. That puts it in the broad middle ground where most names live: familiar to those who know it, uncommon enough to still feel like a choice.
The character of Hattie
We group Hattie under strength. If that is the quality drawing you to it, the theme link below collects every other name we hold in the same group.
Themes: Strong
Names like Hattie
These share Hattie's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Harriet — Ruler of the home.
- Henrietta — Ruler of the home.
- Hilda — Battle woman.
- Caroline — Free woman; strong.
- Etta — Ruler of the home.
- Wilhelmina — Resolute protector.
- Zelda — Blessed; grey fighting maid.
- Heinrich — Ruler of the home.
- Hendrix — Ruler of the home.
- Howard — Brave-hearted guardian.
- Bernard — Brave as a bear.
- Bruno — Brown; a bear.