Yetta

A girls’ name of Yiddish origin, meaning light; a form of henrietta.

Babies a year
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no recent records
Rarity
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among names in use
US popularity
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outside the top 1000
UK popularity
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outside the ONS list

Yetta by the numbers

Its American peak was 197 babies in 1916, making it a 1910s name.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Yetta. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Yitta5 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Yvettebow, archer; a form of yvonne101 in the US (2017)
  • Yittylittle one; a diminutive form of Yittel16 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Yentygenerous; a variant of Yente13 in the US (2017)
  • Yuktajoined together; yoked5 in the US (2017)

Other names that mean light

Like Yetta, each of these has light in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.

  • Norahonour, light6,036 in the US (2017)
  • Eleanorshining light5,519 in the US (2017)
  • Ellieshining light; short for Eleanor5,000 in the US (2017)
  • Claireclear, bright4,683 in the US (2017)
  • Lucyborn of light4,564 in the US (2017)
  • Elenashining light3,863 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Yetta

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