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All over the world, Minette (Minette
, Mineta
, Minete
) is quite a common principally feminine, but scarcely boy's first name. The forename Minette is characteristic of Cameroon, where it is quite a common primarily girly, but very infrequently male name, Mauritania, where it is quite a rare feminine name, and Algeria. In absolute terms, this name is the most popular in Cameroon, Philippines, and Algeria. Also, Minette is the last name as well as the forename.
| VARIANT | COUNTRY |
|---|---|
| Minette | Philippines, United States, Algeria, South Africa, Cameroon |
| Mineta | Philippines, Mauritania, Brazil, India, United States |
| Minete | Philippines, Brazil, Mexico, United States, Algeria |
| מינט | Israel |
Minette is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Minette , the fictional character, Shukufuku no Campanella; Minette , the operatic character in the opera Die verwandelte Katze, La chatte métamorphosée en femme; Minette , the operatic character in the opera Peter Schmoll und seine Nachbarn and Minette , the operatic character in the opera The English Cat by Hans Werner Henze; lord Puff's wife.