Netta (name) explained

Netta is a short form of many names ending -netta, including Aquanetta, Arnetta, Dawnetta, Janetta and Jenetta, as part of the largest etymological root of names with over five hundred variations, both male and female.^[1] The Hebrew name (spelled Netta or Neta) originates from the Hebrew word נטע for a plant, especially a sprout. Notable people with this name include the following:

Given name

• Netta Aloni (born 1945), Israeli composer
• Netta Barzilai (born 1993), Israeli singer also known mononymously as Netta
• Netta Eames, born Ninetta Wiley, (1852–1944), American writer
• Netta Engelhardt, Israeli-American theoretical physicist
• Netta Garti (born 1980), Israeli actress
• Netta Elizabeth Gray (1913–1970), American botanist
• Netta Muskett (1887–1963), British romance novelist
• Netta Peacock (1864/7–1938), English art writer and photographer
• Netta Rheinberg (1911–2006), English cricketer, journalist and administrator
• Netta Schreiber (born 1998), Israeli figure skater
• Netta Syrett (1865–1943), English writer

Nickname

• Netta Eames (1852–1944), American writer and magazine editor, early proponent of Jack London
• Johnetta Elzie (born 1989), American civil rights activist

See also

• Natta (disambiguation)
• Nedda
• Nesta (disambiguation)
• Neta (disambiguation)
• Netra (disambiguation)
• Netta (disambiguation)
• Nette (disambiguation)
• Netti (name)
• Netto (surname)
• Netty (name)
• Nitta (disambiguation)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Netta. Name-doctor.com. March 2, 2022.