Given name & surname
Deta
“one who is blessed”
Deta is a variant of Detta. In Latin use, Detta carries the interpretation “one who is blessed.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Deta is a variant of Detta. In Latin use, Detta carries the interpretation “one who is blessed.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1918. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Deta through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 22
- 0 boys · 22 girls
- Most popular year
- 1918
- 7 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 1975. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 7 in 1918. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 116 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.
Deta’s family of names
Deta has a related form in Detta. In Greek usage, Deta as a surname is a transliteration of Δετά.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Deta
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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