Given name
Annetta
“grace, gracious”
Annetta is a feminine given name. It is used in English and Icelandic.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Annetta is a form of Annette. Annette goes back to a word meaning “grace, gracious.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Annetta is a form of Annette. Annette comes from French, and ultimately from Hebrew.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Annetta through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 8,814
- 0 boys · 8,814 girls
- Most popular year
- 1941
- 183 babies
- 2025
- 10
- #9,512 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −37%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 10 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 9,512 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 183 in 1941. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 4,588 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.
Annetta’s family of names
In English usage, Annetta has a related form in Annette.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 10
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Annaequivalent
- Hannaequivalent
- Anneequivalent
- Annequivalent
- Anjaequivalent
- Anetteequivalent
- Annettequivalent
- Anaïsequivalent
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