Given name & surname
Metta
Metta is a feminine given name. It is used in Faroese, Icelandic, and Norwegian.
Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Metta 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 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Metta through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,123
- 0 boys · 1,123 girls
- Most popular year
- 1924
- 25 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −76%
- Cooling
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 8 in 2021. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 25 in 1924. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 499 as a first name in 2020; 324 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.
Metta’s family of names
Metta has a related form in Meta. In Danish usage, Metta has a related form in Mette. In Greek usage, Metta is a transliteration of Μέττα.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Metta has relatives in 4 languages.
3 related names in 4 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 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Metta
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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