At a Glance: Name: Marietta – Meaning: Little Maria – Origin: Italian – Gender: Girl – Pronunciation: mair-ee-ET-uh
Marietta is an Italian girl's name meaning “Little Maria”. It appears in our list of 175+ State-Inspired Baby Names as American as They Come.
Meaning & Origin of Marietta
Meaning: Little Maria.
Origin: Italian.
A common claim: of the sea Actually: Marietta is an Italian diminutive of Maria, not a Latin name meaning 'of the sea'.
Source: Wiktionary.
How to Pronounce Marietta
Phonetic: mair-ee-ET-uh IPA: /ˌmɛəriˈɛtə/
Popularity of Marietta
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration birth-name data, 1880–2024.
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