Aletta Explained

Aletta is a Dutch feminine given name, related to Alida, Adelheid and Adelaide. Alette is a variant form that is also used in Norway. People with the name include:

• Aletta de Frey (1768–1808), Dutch copyist, drawer and painter
• Aletta Hannemans (1606–1653), Dutch brewer portrayed by Frans Hals
• Aletta Jacobs (1854–1929), Dutch physician and women's suffrage activist
• Aletta Jorritsma (born 1989), Dutch rower
• Aletta van Manen (born 1958), Dutch hockey player
• Aletta Norval (born 1960), South African political theorist

See also

• 1194 Aletta, asteroid, named after Maria Aletta Lessing Jackson, wife of the discoverer
• Hurricane Aletta, the name of several tropical cyclones