Given name & surname
Jetty
“resembling the jet-black lustrous gemstone”
Jetty is a variant of Jetta. One Danish interpretation is “resembling the jet-black lustrous gemstone.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Jetty is a variant of Jetta. One Danish interpretation is “resembling the jet-black lustrous gemstone.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Jetty is a variant of Jetta. Jetta has been associated with Old French and Latin naming traditions. Jetty is a variant of Jett. An origin associated with Jett is English.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1917. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Jetty through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 285
- 24 boys · 261 girls
- Most popular year
- 1929
- 14 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #15,951 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
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- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 15,951 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 13 in 1940. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 305 as a first name in 2020; 422 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Jetty’s family of names
Jetty has a related form in Jett. Jetty has a related form in Jetta.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
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 Jetty
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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Jyhan
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