Bretta
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.
Bretta by the numbers
Bretta was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 20 babies in 1970, making it a 1970s name.
What we can tell you about Bretta
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Bretta. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Brittanoble; a form of Brigid or Britta48 in the US (2017)
- Berettasmall biretta cap; a form of Beret21 in the US (2017)
- Brendasword; firebrand290 in the US (2017)
- Brennadark raven; fem. of Brennan259 in the US (2017)
- BettyGod's oath; diminutive of Elizabeth108 in England and Wales (2025)
- Breenafairy palace or variant of Brenna14 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Bretta
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