Given name & surname
Marieta
“beloved”
Marieta is used as a given name and a surname.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Marieta is a romanization of Μαριέτα. Μαριέτα possibly goes back to Italian Marietta, meaning “beloved.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Marieta is a romanization of Μαριέτα. Μαριέτα possibly comes from Italian, and ultimately from Latin.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1898. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Marieta through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 451
- 0 boys · 451 girls
- Most popular year
- 1930
- 16 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 2019. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,373 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.
Marieta’s family of names
Marieta shares a linguistic root with Marietta. In Spanish usage, Marieta has a conventional equivalent in the German form Maria. Marieta has a related form in Marietta.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Marieta has relatives in 3 languages.
3 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 30
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- MariaGerman
- Margotequivalent
- Margaretequivalent
- Maggieequivalent
- Mariellaequivalent
- Margaritaequivalent
- Margueriteequivalent
- Margretequivalent
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- Margareteequivalent
- Margheritaequivalent
- Margaridaequivalent
- Margarethaequivalent
- Margitaequivalent
- Margaretaequivalent
- Margretheequivalent
- Margitequivalent
- Margreteequivalent
- Markétaequivalent
- Margrjetequivalent
- Margalidaequivalent
- Marjeticaequivalent
- Margeritaequivalent
- Margrétequivalent
- Margrethequivalent
- Małgorzataequivalent
- Margedequivalent
- Marjetkaequivalent
- Marijetaequivalent
- Marjetaequivalent
- Marc'haridequivalent
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Marieta
- Marieta IlcuRomanian long jumperborn 1962
- Marieta SeveroBrazilian actressborn 1946
- Marieta de VeintemillaEcuadorian writer, feminist and politician (1855-1907)
- Marieta OrozcoSpanish actressborn 1978
- Marieta ŻukowskaPolish actressborn 1982
- Marieta GotfrydPolish weightlifterborn 1980
- Marieta Morosina PriuliItalian composer1665
- Marietu TenucheNigerian academicborn 1959
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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