Marietta

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Marieta in BR Brazil, PH Philippines, BG Bulgaria and 17 more, Мариетта in RU Russia, Marijeta in HR Croatia and Mariëtta in NL Netherlands.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 24 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Marietta is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• a separate name5.0K records spelled Marietta4 spellings in the group

  Also written Mariétta, Mariëtta, Mariėtta

• a separate name125 records spelled Marietta2 spellings in the group

  Also written Mariėtta

49 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Marietta is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Italian, from a pet form of the female personal name Maria.

  as a name·Dictionary of American Family Names

• In English, Any of a number of places in the USA:

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In German, aus dem Italienischen übernomme­ ner weibl. Vom., Koseform von

  as a name·DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen

• Italian: diminutive form of MARIA , now sometimes used as an independent name in the English-speaking world. In Gaelic Scotland Mar(i)etta is quite commonly used as an Anglicized form of MAIREAD , and abbreviated to ETTA . Cognate: Spanish: Marieta .

  as a word

• In Italian, a diminutive of the female given name Maria

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 146 years between 1880–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Marietta Albonib. 1826ITItalian operatic contralto (1826-1894)
• Marietta Bonfantib. 1845USAmerican ballet dancer (1845–1921)
• Marietta Shaginyanb. 1888RUSoviet writer, poet and journalist (1888–1982)
• Marietta Blaub. 1894ATAustrian nuclear physicist (1894–1970)
• Marietta Cantyb. 1905USAmerican actress (1905-1986)
• Marietta Marichb. 1930USAmerican actress (1930-2017)
• Mariétta Giannákoub. 1951GRGreek politician (1951–2022)
• Marietta DePrimab. 1964USAmerican actress
• Rettab. 1970USnot in their usual nameAmerican comedian
• Marietta Chrousalab. 1983GRGreek model

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 540 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Marietta?

We estimate roughly 22 thousand people bear Marietta (counting its spellings and scripts) across 12 countries in our records.

In which country does Marietta have the most bearers?

Marietta is most frequently recorded in the Philippines, where it is most often spelled marieta.

How common is Marietta compared with other names?

In the Philippines, Marietta is the 762nd most common given name of 462,140 given names recorded there.

What does the name Marietta mean?

Recorded meaning: Italian diminutive form of Maria, now quite often used as a given name in the English-speaking world.