Leta

Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.

Names that people choosing a name often weigh against Leta, most often first. They share a style rather than an origin.

• Juna
• Etta
• Kaia
• Ida
• Della

From the names suggested together in public name-advice forums, in English. A list of what people consider, not a measure of how common any name is.

Leta is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• a separate name3 spellings in the group

  Also written Letá, Leța

• Amharic given name4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Ethiopia, United States, Philippines, Italy

  Also written ለታ, ሌታ, Lataa

• Ukrainian surname9 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Ukraine, Russia, United States, Belarus

  Languages: Ukrainian, Russian

  Also written Лета, Letha, Лёта

• Indonesian given name3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Indonesia, United States, Malaysia, India

  Languages: Indonesian, Malay

  Also written Léta

61 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.

Leta 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.

• gladness.

  as a name·African Names

• In Russian, Leta Ostankovich Koshchin, Vinnitsa craftsman. 1552.

  as a word·A Dictionary of Period Russian Names (Wickenden / Goldschmidt 1996)

• In Latin, second-person singular present active imperative of lētō

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

• In ss, those over there, yonder; class 8 remote demonstrative.

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

• In Swedish, search; look throughout (a place) for something

  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.

• Leta Stetter Hollingworthb. 1886USAmerican psychologist
• Leta Peerb. 1964CHSwiss artist (1964-2012)
• Leta Hong FincherUSAmerican journalist and writer

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).

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

53 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 32 countries.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

What does the name Leta mean, and where does it come from?

Swahili: "bring"; also Latin-derived European name meaning "gladness." Recorded by African Names.

Is Leta a male or female name?

Leta is a female name. National registers that list it by sex list it as female: United States (Census Bureau, 2020) and Albania (INSTAT Albania).

Which countries have the most people named Leta?

In the United States, the national register counted about 4.6 thousand people named Leta, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled leta. After it come Canada, United Kingdom, South Africa and Philippines; the country table on this page ranks them.

Where is Leta most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Leta is densest in Albania — about 1 in 28 thousand people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.

How common is the name Leta?

In the United States, the national register counted 4,621 people named Leta in 2020, about 1 in 72 thousand residents.

How common is Leta compared with other names?

In Cuba, Leta is the 451st most common given name of 6,267 given names recorded there.