Details for the forename Etta

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Etta (female)


Diminutive for:	Gordonetta (F) Henrietta (F) Maretta (F) Marietta (F)
Pet Name for:	Mairead (F)
Derivative(s):	Yetta (F)

Source(s):	The Oxford Names Companion, OUP
Notes:	English and Scottish, originally a diminutive for names ending in -etta. A sample of these is shown above, including the Gaelic name Mairead which is Anglicized as Marietta/Maretta. Etta is now also a given name in its own right.