"little love, sweetheart"
"small love (diminutive of amor)"
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“Little love — a French romantic gem of a name”
Amorette comes from the French amourette, a diminutive of amour meaning love. The -ette suffix in French denotes something small or dear, so Amorette literally means little love or sweetheart. The word amourette in French also refers to a fleeting romance or flirtation, but as a name, Amorette carries the romantic connotations of endearment and affection from the Latin amor.
Amorette is a rare but charming name that has seen gradual discovery in the 2010s and 2020s as parents sought ornate, romantic names with a French accent. It sits alongside names like Colette, Lisette, and Margot in the revival of French feminine names with -ette endings.
In French literature and art, amoretti (plural of amorette) referred to small cupid-like figures in Renaissance and Baroque artwork, personifications of love. The name carries this artistic heritage of beauty and romance.
Writer
1964
American novelist known for Rules of Civility and A Gentleman in Moscow, whose first name shares the same Latin amor root
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A character in Edmund Spenser's epic poem The Faerie Queene, representing love and beauty