Etta name - Meaning of Etta
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- Gender
- Feminine
- Lucky Number
- 1
- Usage
- English, Germanic
- Pronounced
- ET-ə
- Etta Meaning
- Short form of Henrietta and other names that end with etta. A famous bearer was the American singer Etta James (1938-), who took her stage name from her real given name Jamesetta. Etta is a diminutive of Henrietta. Henrietta originates in Germanic languages and means "ruler of the house". It is a feminine form of Henry. Henrietta has been a popular name within royalty over centuries but lately its usage, especially in the United States, has declined.
Etta Related Names
Variants: Ettie, Hettie, Ettea, Ettee, Ettey
Other Languages: Henriette, Henrike (Danish), Hendrika, Hendrikje, Hendrina, Hennie, Henny, Henrietta, Henriette, Henriëtte, Jet, Jetta, Jette (Dutch), Henriikka (Finnish), Henriette (French), Heinrike, Henriette, Henrike (German), Enrica (Italian), Henriette, Henrike (Norwegian), Henryka (Polish), América (Portuguese), Imriška (Slovak), América (Spanish), Henrika, Henrike (Swedish)
Etta Celebrities
Etta James - singer, Etta Wilson - writer, Etta Winigrad - artist,
