Given name & surname
Marietta
Marietta is used as a given name and a surname. Marietta is connected with Maria and Mary.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is French.
How it developed
In Italian use, Marietta is used as a diminutive of Maria. Marietta is used as a form of Mary.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Marietta through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 15,055
- 0 boys · 15,055 girls
- Most popular year
- 1921
- 295 babies
- 2025
- 41
- #3,684 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +1%
- Steady
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 41 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 3,684 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 1.2% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 295 in 1921. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (6). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 9,123 as a first name in 2020; 1,018 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.
Marietta’s family of names
Marietta is an affectionate form of Mary. Marietta shares a linguistic root with Marieta. Marietta has a related form in Mariette.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Marietta has relatives in 5 languages. Lines run from its French roots to each of them.
3 related names in 5 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 9
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Mariafull form · Italian, English
- Maryfull form
- Maryettavariant
- Marriettalikely variant
- Marietavariant · Catalan, Polish
- Maryettevariant
- Marettavariant
- Mariettevariant
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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.
People named Marietta
- Marietta ShaginyanSoviet writer, poet and journalist (1888–1982)
- Marietta BlauAustrian nuclear physicist (1894–1970)
- Marietta AlboniItalian operatic contralto (1826-1894)
- Marietta GiannakouGreek politician (1951–2022)
- Marietta RobustiVenetian painter of the Renaissance period (1560? – 1590)1554–1590
- RettaAmerican comedianborn 1970
- Marietta ChudakovaRussian literary critic and writer (1937–2021)
- Etta FedernGerman and French literary critic, writer and translator (1883-1951)
- Marietta StowAmerican politician (1837-1902)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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