Trenette
Trenette is a type of narrow, flat, dried pasta from Genoa, Liguria; it is similar to both linguine and fettuccine. Trenette is the plural of trenetta, but is only used in the plural and is probably a diminutive of the Genoese trena, meaning 'string'. The pasta is most commonly 3.5 – 4mm in width and roughly 1.5mm in thickness.
Meaning & Origin of Trenette
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Trenette is a type of narrow, flat, dried pasta from Genoa, Liguria; it is similar to both linguine and fettuccine. Trenette is the plural of trenetta, but is only used in the plural and is probably a diminutive of the Genoese trena, meaning 'string'. The pasta is most commonly 3.5 – 4mm in width and roughly 1.5mm in thickness.
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The Story of Trenette
The earliest SSA record of Trenette as a baby girl name dates back to 1975, when 5 babies received it. 1975 was its biggest year on record, with 5 newborns named Trenette — #9,068 in the national rankings. About 67% of every Trenette on record arrived during the 1970s, its defining decade. Trenette last appeared in the published SSA data in 1989, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 15 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
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About the name Trenette
Trenette is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1975 and has accumulated 15 births in the dataset. Trenette's peak popularity came in 1975 when it ranked #9,068. Use the chart and map above to compare Trenette's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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