Yitty

Yitty: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning: “Judith; woman from Judea”
Origin: Hebrew
Say it: YIT-ee · 2 syllables
Used for: Girls

Yitty is a Yiddish diminutive of Yitta or Yenta, traditionally used as a pet form of Judith in Ashkenazi Jewish communities.

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How popular is Yitty?

202436.0 per million US babies

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Babies named Yitty in 2024118

2024 rank#1,719 girls

Peak year2024

Total US babies since 18801,808

Yitty is rising: use over the last five years is 1.9× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Yitty

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

Judithwoman of Judea; Jewish woman · Hebrew
Judypraised · Hebrew
Judipraised · Hebrew
Judiewoman from Judea; praised · Hebrew
Elizabethmy God is an oath · Hebrew
Elianamy God has answered · Hebrew
Abigailmy father is joy · Hebrew
Naomipleasantness · Hebrew

Yitty questions

What does the name Yitty mean?

Yitty means "Judith; woman from Judea". It comes from Hebrew. Yitty is a Yiddish diminutive of Yitta or Yenta, traditionally used as a pet form of Judith in Ashkenazi Jewish communities.

Is Yitty a boy or girl name?

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

How popular is Yitty?

118 US babies were named Yitty in 2024. Its peak year was 2024.

How do you pronounce Yitty?

Yitty is usually pronounced YIT-ee.

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.