Marietta
About Marietta
Marietta would make for a classy and uncommon long form for cool nickname Etta.
The meaning of Maria is uncertain, but theories include "drop of the sea" (from Hebrew roots mar "drop" and yam "sea"); "bitter" (from Hebrew marah "bitterness"); and "beloved" (from the Egyptian root mr).
Pronounced mar-ee-ET-ah.
As of October 2026, Marietta ranked #3684 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #361 in 1880.
Editor's take: The name Marietta is a girl's name of French origin meaning "drop of the sea, bitter, or beloved".
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | #4,316 | 34 | 19.2 |
| 2017 | #4,449 | 32 | 18.5 |
| 2018 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | #4,507 | 31 | 18.5 |
| 2020 | #3,584 | 42 | 26 |
| 2021 | #4,469 | 31 | 18.9 |
| 2022 | #4,264 | 34 | 20.7 |
| 2023 | #4,520 | 31 | 19.3 |
| 2024 | #4,608 | 30 | 18.5 |
| 2025 | #3,684 | 41 | 25.5 |
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Marietta on lists
Famous Mariettas
- Marietta Peabody Tree
American philanthropist
- Marietta Giannakou
Greek MEP and cabinet minister
- Mariet(t)a Żukowska
Polish actress
Marietta in pop culture
- Marietta D'Altena
main character in operetta "Naughty Marietta" by Victor Herbert
- Marietta Edgecombe
character in the Harry Potter series
- Marietta
Georgia, USA
- Taylor Marietta Greer
character in Barbara Kingsolver's "The Bean Trees"