Etta (name)

Etta is an English given name that is a diminutive form of Antonietta, Henrietta and other names that end in “-etta”. Etta is also a Danish, Finnish, Norwegian, Old Danish, Old Swedish and Swedish given name. Notable people with this name include the following:

Given name

• Etta Baker (1913–2006), American musician
• Etta Moten Barnett (1901–2004), American actress and singer
• Etta Deikman (fl. 1950s –) American artist
• Etta Zuber Falconer (1933–2002), American educator
• Etta Federn (1883–1951), Austrian writer
• Etta C. Gravely (born 1939), American chemistry academic
• Etta Hulme (1923–2014), American cartoonist
• Etta Jones (1928–2001), American singer
• Etta Lee (1906–1956), American actress
• Etta Belle Lloyd (1860–1929), American pioneer
• Etta Wedell Mastbaum (1866–1953), American executive
• Etta May, American comedian
• Etta McDaniel (1890–1946), American actress
• Etta Murfitt (born 1966), British dancer and choreographer
• Etta Neumann, Austrian table tennis player
• Etta Palm d'Aelders (1743–1799), Dutch feminist
• Etta D. Pisano, American radiologist
• Etta Place (c. 1878 – ?), American Butch Cassidy's Wild Bunch associate
• Etta Scollo (born 1958), Italian singer and songwriter
• Etta Semple, birthname Martha Etta Donaldson, née Martha Etta Kilmer (1854–1914), American activist
• Etta Angell Wheeler (1834–1921), American child advocate
• Etta Wriedt (1859–1942), American medium

Nickname or stage name

• Etta Banda (born 1949), Malawian politician
• Etta Bond (born 1989), nickname of Henrietta Bond, British singer-songwriter
• Etta Britt, birthname Melissa Prewitt, (born 1958/1959), American vocalist
• Etta Cameron, birthname Ettamae Louvita Coakley, (1939–2010), Bahamian singer
• Etta Hawkins, stage name of Henrietta Luna Hawkins (1865–1945), American actress
• Etta James, birthname Jamesetta Hawkins (1938–2012), American singer
• Margaretta Louisa Lemon (1860–1953), British conservationist
• Etta Haynie Maddox, (1860–1933), American vocalist, lawyer and suffragist
• Etta Rosales (fl. 1998–2015), Filipino politician

Fictional characters

• Etta Candy, Wonder Woman's best friend in the DC Comics universe
• Etta, Gunslinger Girl character
• Etta, Realm of the Elderlings character
• Etta Kett (fl. 1925 – 1974), Comic strip (and comic strip character) focused on teenage etiquette
• Etta Tavernier, EastEnders character played by Jacqui Gordon-Lawrence

See also

• Eta (given name)
• Amba Etta-Tawo (born 1993), Omani gridiron football player

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