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Aleta

Aleta: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“truth”
Origin
Greek
Say it
uh-LEE-tuh · 3 syllables
Used for
Girls

Usually taken as a form of Alethea, from Greek alētheia 'truth'. Aleta is also used as an English given name in this shortened form.

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How popular is Aleta?

20242.7 per million US babies
1880192019602000
Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Aleta in 20249

Peak year1947

Total US babies since 18806,441

Aleta is steady now but far below its 1947 peak.

Names like Aleta

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Letaglad, happy · Greek
  • Sophiawisdom · Greek
  • Sofiawisdom · Greek
  • Chloeyoung green shoot · Greek
  • Zoelife · Greek
  • Penelopeweaver; duck · Greek
  • Elenabright, shining light · Greek
  • Genesisorigin; creation; birth · Greek

Aleta questions

What does the name Aleta mean?

Aleta means "truth". It comes from Greek. Usually taken as a form of Alethea, from Greek alētheia 'truth'. Aleta is also used as an English given name in this shortened form.

Is Aleta a boy or girl name?

Aleta is mainly a girl's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Aleta?

9 US babies were named Aleta in 2024. Its peak year was 1947.

How do you pronounce Aleta?

Aleta is usually pronounced uh-LEE-tuh.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.