Given name
Arta
“lofty hill; noble”·“rock”·“follower of Thor”
Arta is a feminine form of Artis. Interpretations include “lofty hill; noble”, “rock”, and “follower of Thor”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Arta is a feminine form of Artis. Interpretations include “lofty hill; noble”, “rock”, and “follower of Thor”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Arta is a feminine form of Artis. Artis has been associated with Irish, English, and Icelandic naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Latvian usage, Arta is a feminine form of Artis.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1884. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Arta through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 638
- 42 boys · 596 girls
- Most popular year
- 1921
- 17 babies
- 2025
- 11
- #7,236 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +100%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 11 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 7,236 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 701 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.
Arta’s family of names
In Latvian usage, Arta is a feminine form of Artis.
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Arta
- Arta DobroshiKosovar-Albanian actressborn 1979
- Arta DadeAlbanian politicianborn 1953
- Arta BajramiAlbanian singerborn 1980
- Arta DumpeLatvian sculptor (born 1933)
- Arta MuçajKosovar actressborn 1974
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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