1) French girl name 
[ore] Minette is a type of mineral deposit, consisting of iron ore of sedimentary origin, found in the south of Luxembourg and in Lorraine. Minette ore was deposited in the Early Jurassic and Middle Jurassic. ==Etymology== The term `Minette` came from French miners. It is a diminutive form of `la mine`, and might be translated as `little mi...
• (n.) The smallest of regular sizes of portrait photographs.
Mi·nette' noun The smallest of regular sizes of portrait photographs.