Netta is a short form of many names ending -netta, including Aquanetta, Arnetta, Dawnetta, Janetta and Jenetta, as part of the largest etymological root of names with over five hundred variations, both male and female.[1] The Hebrew name (spelled Netta or Neta) originates from the Hebrew word נטע for a plant, especially a sprout. Notable people with this name include the following:
Given name
edit- Netta Aloni (born 1945), Israeli composer
- Netta Barzilai (born 1993), Israeli singer also known mononymously as Netta
- Netta Eames, born Ninetta Wiley, (1852–1944), American writer
- Netta Engelhardt, Israeli-American theoretical physicist
- Netta Garti (born 1980), Israeli actress
- Netta Elizabeth Gray (1913–1970), American botanist
- Netta Muskett (1887–1963), British romance novelist
- Netta Peacock (1864/7–1938), English art writer and photographer
- Netta Rheinberg (1911–2006), English cricketer, journalist and administrator
- Netta Schreiber (born 1998), Israeli figure skater
- Netta Syrett (1865–1943), English writer
Nickname
edit- Netta Eames (1852–1944), American writer and magazine editor, early proponent of Jack London
- Johnetta Elzie (born 1989), American civil rights activist