Given name & surname

Marrietta

Marrietta is used as a given name and a surname.

Meaning & origin

A reliable meaning for Marrietta isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1912. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Marrietta through the years

Babies since 1880
241
0 boys · 241 girls
Most popular year
1947
11 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
02.557.510192019401960198020002025Highest share 19120.0
Marrietta in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1912–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 1989. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 11 in 1947. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 237 as a first name in 2020; 120 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.

Marrietta’s family of names

Marrietta may belong to the same name family as Marietta. This is a tentative spelling connection.

Walk Marrietta’s family in the name graph

MarriettaMarietta

The ring: nicknames and forms.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Similar names

If you love Marrietta, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

 

Aleta

11Very rareEasing

>99% girls

Norwegian · Nature

Marita

“star of the sea” · “from the sea of bitterness”

21RareSteady

>99% girls

 

Marilee

18Very rareSteady

>99% girls

 

Marylin

17Very rareCooling

>99% girls

Italian

Madonna

“my lady; refers to the Virgin Mary”

12Very rareEasing

>99% girls

Virtue

Annetta

“grace, gracious”

16Very rareCooling

>99% girls

Sibling ideas

Names that share Marrietta’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

A brother for Marrietta

A sister for Marrietta