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Mette (F)>

Mette (female)

Variants:Margaret (F) Margarete (F) Margarethe (F) Margrethe (F) Märta (F) Matilda (F) Mechtilde (F) Mereta (F) Merete (F)
   
Source(s): The Oxford Names Companion, OUP
Notes:

1. Danish contracted form of Merete, the vernacular form of Margaret [q.v.], from Greek or Persian "pearl".

2. German contracted form of Mechtilde, the German form of Matilda [q.v.], from Old German "mighty in battle".