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Etta
Gender: Feminine
Language: English
Etymology:
Etta is an English diminutive, based on the French feminine diminutive ending ette, roughly meaning Little.
History:
Etta is a generic feminine diminutive that gained some currency as a first name during the late 19th century in the United States.
Pronunciation: ett-ah.
Alternates: Ettah, Ettie.
Popularity:
Percentage from the 1990 U.S. Census:
0.024 % named Etta
0.001 % named Ettie
Popularity of Etta:
Popularity (for newborns):
In the United States...
1850: 164th most popular.
1875: 101st most popular.
1900-1910: 164th most popular.
1910-1920: 221st most popular.
1920-1930: 265th most popular.
1930-1940: 287th most popular.
1940-1950: 376th most popular.
1950-1960: 592nd most popular.
1960-1970: 847th most popular.
1970-2000: N/A
Popularity of Ettie:
Popularity (for newborns):
In the United States...
1850: 364th most popular.
1875: 164th most popular.
1900-1910: 942nd most popular.
1910-2000: N/A
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