Rhett

Where Rhett comes from

Name of a South Carolina family, anglicized from Dutch de Raedt, from Middle Dutch raet (“advice”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Rhett
Along the way
  1. 1917
    First appearance
    #3,981 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1949
    Rhett Davies born
    British record producer
  3. 2000
    Rhett Reese born
    American screenwriter
  4. 2021
    Peak, #149
    2,538 babies named Rhett — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name transferred from the surname.
Namesakes
  • Rhett Reese · American screenwriter, born 2000
  • Rhett Davies · British record producer, born 1949
  • Rhett Forrester · American musician, 1956–1994
  • Rhett Rakhshani · American ice hockey player, born 1988
  • Rhett Akins · American singer and songwriter, born 1969

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.