Given name & surname
Neta
Neta is used as a given name and a surname. Neta is connected with Agneta.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
In Swedish use, Neta is a short form of Agnethe. An origin associated with Agnethe is Latin. Neta is a variant of Nessa. An origin associated with Nessa is Hebrew.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Swedish use, Neta is used as a shortened form of Agneta.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1881. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Neta through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 3,226
- 0 boys · 3,226 girls
- Most popular year
- 1920
- 82 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 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 82 in 1920. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,361 as a first name in 2020; 116 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.
Neta’s family of names
Neta is a short form of Agneta. Neta has a related form in Nessa. In Estonian usage, Neta was borrowed from the Swedish form Agneta.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
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 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Neta
- Neta BahcallIsraeli astrophysicist and cosmologistborn 1942
- Neta AlchimisterIsraeli model and businesswomanborn 1994
- Neta RiskinIsraeli actress and journalistborn 1976
- Neta ElkayamIsraeli singer and artistborn 1980
- Neta CrawfordAmerican political scientistborn 1961
- Neta DobrinIsraeli politicianborn 1975
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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