Name: Rhett

Gender: Male

Usage: Rhett is a popular first name. It is more often used as a boy (male) name.

People having the name Rhett are in general originating from United Kingdom, United States of America.

Variants: For another variant of the name Rhett across the world, see Rhys.

Name Meaning of Rhett

Meaning: The meaning of the name Rhett is: Advice, A stream.

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Numerology Interpretation

Numerology of the first name Rhett: calculate the core numbers of your numerology chart to discover your numerological profile and your personality traits.

The Growth number corresponding to this first name is 8. It denotes a pattern that assists you in growth and development: ambitious, successful, realistic, powerful, authoritative, courageous, leading.

Interpretation:
Qualities: Leader, Visionary
Ruling planet: Saturn
Colors: Black, Purple
Gemstones: Ruby, Amethyst

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Popularity of the Name

The name Rhett is ranked on the 3,695th position of the most used names. It means that this name is commonly used.

We estimate that there are at least 90300 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.002% of the population. The name Rhett has five characters. It means that it is relatively medium-length, compared to the other names in our database.

The graph below represents the number of people who were given the name Rhett for each year since 1900 in the U.S.A.:

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History and Origin

Rhett is both a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:

Given name:

  • Rhett Akins (born 1969), American country singer and songwriter
  • Rhett Biglands (born 1977), former Australian rules footballer
  • Rhett Davies (born 1949), English record producer and engineer
  • Rhett Forrester (1956-1994), American musician and lead singer of the band Riot
  • Rhett Harty (born 1970), American former soccer defender
  • Rhett Hall (born 1968), American National Football League defensive lineman
  • Rhett Lawrence, record producer and songwriter
  • Rhett Lockyear (born 1983), Australian cricket player
  • Rhett Miller (born 1970), lead singer of the alternative country band Old 97's
  • Rhett Titus, ring name of professional wrestler Everett Lawrence Titus (born 1987)
  • Rhett Warrener (born 1976), Canadian retired hockey defenceman

Surname:

  • Alicia Rhett (1915–2014), American portrait painter and actress; acted in Gone with the Wind
  • Cecily Rhett (contemporary), American film editor
  • Errict Rhett (born 1970), American professional football player
  • Robert Rhett (1800–1876), American secessionist politician from South Carolina; U.S. senator 1850–52; Confederate congressman
  • William Rhett (fl. early 18th century), American colonial leader from South Carolina

Fictional characters:

  • Rhett Butler, from the 1936 novel and 1939 film Gone With The Wind
  • Rhett the Boston Terrier, official costumed mascot of the Boston University and Boston University Academy Terriers

American English: transferred use of an American surname derived from Dutch de Raedt, from Middle Dutch raet advice. It was invented for the character of Rhett Butler in Margaret Mitchell's Gone with the Wind (1936). Like some of the other names in that novel (cf. Ashley, Careen, and Scarlett), it has attained a modest currency in the real world.
Feminine: Rhetta (a recent coinage).

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