Given name & surname
Detta
“one who is blessed”
In Latin use, Detta carries the interpretation “one who is blessed.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In Latin use, Detta carries the interpretation “one who is blessed.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Latin.
How it developed
Detta is used as a form of Benedetta.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1914. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Detta through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 203
- 0 boys · 203 girls
- Most popular year
- 1930
- 15 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 6 in 1979. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 15 in 1930. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 190 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.
Detta’s family of names
Detta is a short form of Bernardetta. Detta is a form of Benedetta. Detta has a related form in Deta.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 2
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
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