Babette

E41151

feminine given name hypocorism

Babette is a feminine given name, commonly used as a diminutive or variant of the name Barbara.

Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
"Babette's Feast"	1

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	feminine given name ⓘ hypocorism ⓘ
derivedFrom	Barbara ⓘ
etymologicalRoot	Greek name Barbara ⓘ
gender	feminine ⓘ
hasAlternativeSpelling	Babette (no widely used alternative spellings) ⓘ
hasCulturalAssociation	associated with French-speaking culture ⓘ often perceived as old-fashioned in some regions ⓘ
hasDiminutiveType	-ette suffix diminutive in French ⓘ
hasNameDay	December 4 (in traditions where it follows Barbara) ⓘ
hasPopularityTrend	less common in late 20th and early 21st century than mid-20th century ⓘ
hasVariantForm	Babette (French hypocoristic form of Barbara) ⓘ
isDiminutiveOf	Barbara ⓘ
languageOfUse	Dutch ⓘ English ⓘ French ⓘ German ⓘ
meaningDerivedFrom	"foreign" or "strange" (meaning of Barbara) ⓘ
nameCategory	European feminine given name ⓘ
shortFormOf	Barbara ⓘ
typicalUsageRegion	France ⓘ Germany ⓘ North America ⓘ Scandinavia ⓘ Netherlands ⓘ surface form: the Netherlands
usedAsCharacterNameIn	Babette self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: "Babette's Feast" various French literary works ⓘ
usedInOnomasticsField	anthroponymy ⓘ

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Barbara → hasVariant → Babette ⓘ

Babette → usedAsCharacterNameIn → Babette self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: "Babette's Feast"