Given name
Modesta
“one who is without conceit”
Modesta is a variant of Modesty. One Latin interpretation is “one who is without conceit.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Modesta is a variant of Modesty. One Latin interpretation is “one who is without conceit.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Modesta is a variant of Modesty. An origin associated with Modesty is Latin.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1890. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Modesta through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,615
- 0 boys · 1,615 girls
- Most popular year
- 1926
- 41 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 7 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 41 in 1926. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 4,016 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.
Modesta’s family of names
Modesta has a related form in Modesty. In Latin usage, Modesta has a related form in Modestus.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Modesta
- Moderata FonteVenetian poet1555–1592
- Modesta Sanginés UriarteBolivian writer and composer1832–1887
- Modesta VžesniauskaitėLithuanian road cyclistborn 1983
- Modesta BorVenezuelan composer (1926–1998)
- Modesta UkaKosovan association football playerborn 1999
- Modesta Justė MorauskaitėLithuanian sprinterborn 1995
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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