Jutta

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Jutta is a female given name .

Origin and meaning

It is unclear whether the name is a form of the Hebrew name Judith or, in Old Norse, that means from the tribe of the Jutes .

The name is mentioned in the Bible in the Hebrew Scriptures. Jụtta probably means “stretched out place” or “stretched out place”. - Jutta is said to be a place in the mountainous region of Judah that was given to the “sons of Aaron” as a priestly city. - Joshua 15:20, 48, 55; Joshua 21:13, 16. Jutta is identified with today's Jatta , which is located on a ridge about 10 km south of Hebron .

distribution

The name was quite popular in the Middle Ages. In modern times it has only occurred sporadically and only became popular again in the 20th century.

The name Jutta became popular in Germany from the 1910s. In the early fifties he was briefly one of the ten most popular female first names. From the beginning of the seventies, its spread fell sharply.

variants

Name days

  • 5th of May
  • November 29th
  • December 22

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  1. DUDEN, Lexicon of Given Names, Dudenverlag, Mannheim - Zurich, 2013, p. 217
  2. Statistics on "Popular first names"