Etta (name)

Etta is an Italian given name that is a diminutive form of Antonietta and Antonetta in use in Italy. It is also an English given name that is a short form of the name Henrietta. Etta is also a Danish, Finnish, Norwegian, Old Danish, Old Swedish and Swedish given name. Notable people with this name include the following:

Given name

 * Etta Baker (1913–2006), American musician
 * Etta Moten Barnett (1901–2004), American actress and singer
 * Etta Deikman (fl. 1950s –) American artist
 * Etta Zuber Falconer (1933–2002), American educator
 * Etta Federn (1883–1951), Austrian writer
 * Etta C. Gravely (born 1939), American chemistry academic
 * Etta Hulme (1923–2014), American cartoonist
 * Etta Jones (1928–2001), American singer
 * Etta Lee (1906–1956), American actress
 * Etta Belle Lloyd (1860–1929), American pioneer
 * Etta Wedell Mastbaum (1866–1953), American executive
 * Etta May, American comedian
 * Etta McDaniel (1890–1946), American actress
 * Etta Murfitt (born 1966), British dancer and choreographer
 * Etta Neumann, Austrian table tennis player
 * Etta Palm d'Aelders (1743–1799), Dutch feminist
 * Etta D. Pisano, American radiologist
 * Etta Place (c. 1878 – ?), American Butch Cassidy's Wild Bunch associate
 * Etta Scollo (born 1958), Italian singer and songwriter
 * Etta Semple, birthname Martha Etta Donaldson, née Martha Etta Kilmer (1854–1914), American activist
 * Etta Angell Wheeler (1834–1921), American child advocate
 * Etta Wriedt (1859–1942), American medium

Nickname or stage name

 * Etta Banda (born 1949), Malawian politician
 * Etta Bond (born 1989), nickname of Henrietta Bond, British singer-songwriter
 * Etta Britt, birthname Melissa Prewitt, (born 1958/1959), American vocalist
 * Etta Cameron, birthname Ettamae Louvita Coakley, (1939–2010), Bahamian singer
 * Etta Hawkins, stage name of Henrietta Luna Hawkins (1865–1945), American actress
 * Etta James, birthname Jamesetta Hawkins (1938–2012), American singer
 * Margaretta Louisa Lemon (1860–1953), British conservationist
 * Etta Haynie Maddox, (1860–1933), American vocalist, lawyer and suffragist
 * Etta Rosales (fl. 1998–2015), Filipino politician

Fictional characters

 * Etta Candy, Wonder Woman's best friend in the DC Comics universe
 * Etta, Gunslinger Girl character
 * Etta, Realm of the Elderlings character
 * Etta Kett (fl. 1925 – 1974), Comic strip (and comic strip character) focused on teenage etiquette
 * Etta Tavernier, EastEnders character played by Jacqui Gordon-Lawrence