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Meaning

The name Peta has the following meaning:

Rock. A variation of Peter. It also has the same meaning in Latin and Spanish. This was also the name of an ancient city in the region that is now Jordan.
It is a female name, suitable for baby girls.

Popularity

As a baby girl name, Peta is currently not a popular baby name in the USA.

There are no available USA popularity statistics for the name Peta for the past 100 years. However, the following chart shows the popularity ranking for the name Petra, of which the name Peta is a variant.
USA baby name statistics

Origins

The name Peta is very likely a(n) Spanish variant of the name Petra. See other suggested Spanish girl baby names.

You might also like to see the other variants of the name Petra.

Related names

The following names are baby names related to Peta and are suitable names for brothers and sisters of Peta: Boys - Anacletus, Cletus, Giles, Isidore, Linus, Timothy, Girls - Danfy, Delta, Demi, Desdemona, Iris, Karissa, Kira, Theodora, Theola, Both genders - Melissa

Variants

The name Peta is a variant of Petra. Other popular variants of the name Petra are: Pedi, Pedie, Pedrine (Danish), Peitra (Spanish), Pella, Pernilla, Pernille, Perrine, Pet, Peta (Spanish), Petee, Peterina, Peterinella, Peti (Slavic), Petria, Petrina (Scottish), Petrine (Danish), Petrini (Greek), Petrona (Spanish), Petronela (Spanish), Petronella (Swedish), Petronelle (Greek), Petronia, Petronila (Spanish), Petronilla, Petronille (French), Petrova, Petrovna, Petta, Pettine (Greek), Piera (Italian), Pieretta, Pierina (French), Pierra (French), Pierretta, Pierrette (French), Pietra (Italian)

Style

We think the name Peta should fall under the following style category: Traditional.

See other Traditional girl names

Impression

Based on our research, most people would imagine a person with the name Peta to be: A pleasant and well-mannered woman

In one word, you might describe Peta as a(n) "pleasant" person.

See other "pleasant" names for girls.

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Famous persons

See the meaning of Petra for names of some famous persons with the name Peta or Petra (or their variants).
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Paris (281)
Patricia (295)
Priscilla (307)
Paola (312)
Perla (391)
Phoebe (415)
Paulina (432)
Precious (479)
Pamela (509)
Pauline
Phyliss
Porcha
Pathina
Paislee
Pawla
Patrisia
Parryss
Prissy
Penelopey
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