Rhett

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Rhett

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Name of a South Carolina family, anglicized from Dutch de Raedt, from Middle Dutch raet (“advice”).

proper noun

An American surname from Dutch.
A male given name transferred from the surname. “Oh, Scarlett, he has the most terrible reputation. His name is Rhett Butler and he's from Charleston and his folks are some of the nicest people there, but they won't even speak to him. Caro Rhett told me about him last summer.

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Closest in meaning: sure, devoir, duty, rutgers, rossum, schuyler, ruiter, rietveld, root, rhinelander, rhody, kyler, rickert, van ryn, reniers, roosevelt

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@misc{rhett_2026,
  title = {Rhett},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/rhett},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}