Etta

Etta is a female given name .

Origin and meaning

Etta is a subsidiary form of Edda and a short form of names ending in -etta, such as Jamesetta, Marietta or Violetta .

Etta Baker (born Etta Lucille Reid ; 1913–2006), American blues singer and guitarist
Etta Banda (* 1949), Malawian politician
Etta Becker-Donner (born Violetta Donner ; 1911–1975), Austrian ethnologist
Etta Cameron (1939-2010), Danish jazz, gospel and blues singer
Etta Cone (1870–1949), American art collector, see Sisters Cone
Etta Federn-Kohlhaas (née Marietta Federn ; 1883–1951), Austrian writer and translator
Etta James (born Jamesetta Hawkins ; 1938–2012), American singer
Etta Jones (1928-2001), American jazz singer
Etta Lubina Johanna Palm-Aelders (1743–1799), Dutch feminist
Etta Scollo (* 1958), Italian singer
Etta Streicher (* 1977), German actress and slam poet
Etta Wilken (* 1943), German disability educator