Henrietta (given name) definition

Latinate form of , derived from the male given name .

Etta, Hettie, Hetty

1936 George Weller: Clutch and Differential. Ayer 1970. ISBN 0836936590 page 196:

Alberta is more like a man's name than any other name that comes from a men's, more than Georgianna which is just like a magnolia blossom or Henrietta which most people change to Etta or Geraldine which nobody ever thinks of coming from a man's Irish name like Gerald.