Given name & surname
Anetta
“a woman graced with God's favor”
Anetta is a variant of Anna. One Latin interpretation is “a woman graced with God's favor.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Anetta is a variant of Anna. One Latin interpretation is “a woman graced with God's favor.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1902. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Anetta through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 569
- 0 boys · 569 girls
- Most popular year
- 1962
- 18 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2018. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 18 in 1962. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 629 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Anetta’s family of names
In Polish usage, Anetta has a diminutive in ANETTKA. Anetta has a related form in Anna. In Polish usage, Anetta has a conventional equivalent in the Swedish form Annette.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Anetta has relatives in 9 languages.
4 related names in 9 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 11
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- AnnetteSwedish, German
- AnetteFinnish
- Anittaequivalent
- Nettaequivalent
- Anettequivalent
- Annettequivalent
- Inettaequivalent
- Nanettaequivalent
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