Given name & surname
Senta
“acting as an assistant”
Senta is used as a given name and a surname. One German interpretation is “acting as an assistant.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One German interpretation is “acting as an assistant.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is German.
How it developed
In Estonian usage, Senta is an affectionate form of Зинаида.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1964. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Senta through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 315
- 0 boys · 315 girls
- Most popular year
- 1969
- 54 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 6 in 1986. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 54 in 1969. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 370 as a first name in 2020; a sample rank of No. 68,008 among surnames in 1990.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Senta’s family of names
In Estonian usage, Senta is an affectionate form of Зинаида. Senta has a related form in Sentah. Senta has a related form in Sente.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Senta
- Senta BergerAustrian actressborn 1941
- Senta Mosesactressborn 1973
- Senta WengrafAustrian actress (1924-2020)
- Senta SönelandGerman actress (1882-1934)
- Senetta YoseftalIsraeli politician1912–2007
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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