Marietta: name meaning, origin & popularity
- Meaning
- “drop of the sea”
- Origin
- Italian
- Say it
- mair-ee-ET-uh · 4 syllables
- Used for
- Girls
Italian diminutive of Maria or a form related to Marie. Like Mary, its ultimate etymology is ancient and debated, though the traditional meaning given is drop of the sea.
How popular is Marietta?
Babies named Marietta in 202430
2024 rank#4,547 girls
Peak year1901
Total US babies since 188015,013
Marietta is rising: use over the last five years is 1.6× what it was a decade earlier.
Names like Marietta
Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.
- Miamine; also Maria diminutive · Italian
- Maryuncertain, traditionally beloved or bitter · Hebrew
- Mariameaning uncertain · Hebrew
- Mariannacombination of Maria and Anna · Latin
- Marielladrop of the sea; beloved · Italian
- Miahuncertain; often linked to Mia · Unknown
- Marlenemodern blend of Maria and Magdalene · Germanic
- Maliahmodern variant of Malia · American (modern coinage)
Marietta questions
What does the name Marietta mean?
Marietta means "drop of the sea". It comes from Italian. Italian diminutive of Maria or a form related to Marie. Like Mary, its ultimate etymology is ancient and debated, though the traditional meaning given is drop of the sea.
Is Marietta a boy or girl name?
Marietta is mainly a girl's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).
How popular is Marietta?
30 US babies were named Marietta in 2024. Its peak year was 1901.
How do you pronounce Marietta?
Marietta is usually pronounced mair-ee-ET-uh.
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.