Given name & surname
Zanetta
“a gracious gift from God”
Zanetta is a variant of Zaneta. One Hebrew interpretation is “a gracious gift from God.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Zanetta is a variant of Zaneta. One Hebrew interpretation is “a gracious gift from God.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Zanetta is a variant of Zaneta. An origin associated with Zaneta is Hebrew.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1951. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Zanetta through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 383
- 0 boys · 383 girls
- Most popular year
- 1971
- 22 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 2019. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 407 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.
Zanetta’s family of names
Zanetta has a related form in Zaneta.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 8
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Zanetta
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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