Veta
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 6 babies a year in the US.
Veta by the numbers
Veta was given to 6 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 58 babies in 1916, so it is a 1910s name that has since fallen a long way.
What we can tell you about Veta
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 Veta. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Verafaith; or from latin for truth1,153 in the US (2017)
- Vedaknowledge, wisdom, sacred knowledge314 in the US (2017)
- Vegafalling eagle9 in England and Wales (2025)
- Vitalife8 in England and Wales (2025)
- Velasails; also a southern constellation16 in the US (2017)
- Vestagoddess of hearth and home15 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Veta
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