Given name & surname
Zetta
“resembling the rose”
Zetta is used as a given name and a surname. One Portuguese interpretation is “resembling the rose.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Portuguese interpretation is “resembling the rose.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Portuguese.
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
Zetta through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,058
- 0 boys · 2,058 girls
- Most popular year
- 1925
- 53 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #17,262 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −67%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 17,262 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 53 in 1925. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 679 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.
Zetta’s family of names
Zetta has a related form in Zettah. In Greek usage, Zetta is a transliteration of Ζέττα.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 16
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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