Hattie
HAT-ee
English/Germanic
Girl
Meaning-based name
- Meaning
- Ruler of the home
- Origin
- English/Germanic
- Is it in the Bible?
- No — the name Hattie does not appear in the King James Bible. Christian families use it for its meaning, "Ruler of the home", and for the biblical themes that meaning touches, not because anyone in Scripture is called Hattie.
- First appears in
- Does not appear in the King James text
- Peak US usage
- 1880s (0.74% of births), currently steady
- Spiritual meaning
- Hattie builds her house — wise, watchful, not idle, looking well to her household, the woman whose hands build rather than tear down.
- Verses on this meaning
- Proverbs 31:27
"She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness."
- Proverbs 14:1
"Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands."
- Proverbs 31:27