Ninette (given name)

Ninette is a feminine given name, which originated as a French diminutive of the name Nina.{{cite book |last1=Hanks|first1= Patrick| last2=Hardcastle|first2=Kate |last3=Hodges| first3=Flavia| author-link= |date= 2006|title= Oxford Dictionary of First Names|url= |location= |publisher=Oxford University Press |page=206|isbn= 0-19-861060-2}}

Notable people with the name include:

• Ninette Dutton (1923–2007), Australian artist, broadcaster and author
• Ninette Finch (born 1933), English actress
• Ninette de Valois (born Edris Stannus; 1898–2001), Irish-born British dancer, teacher, choreographer, and director of classical ballet