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What does Peta mean?
Peta as a girls' name is of Greek origin, and the meaning of Peta is "Jehovah increases; rock". Peta is an alternate form of Pepita (Spanish, Hebrew): contraction of Joseph via Pepe. Peta is also a variation of Petra (Greek): feminine version of Peter.
Variations
RELATED FORMS VIA PEPITA, PETRA Pella, Pepa, Peppy, Pet, Petria, Petrina, Petrova, Pier, Piera, Pietra
CREATIVE FORMS(female)
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MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Peta Madelynn (P.M.), ..
How popular is Peta?
Peta is an unusual first name for females but a somewhat prominent surname for all people (#93006 out of 150436, Top 62%). (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)
Which version is better?
Prominent related forms of Peta (NOT IN TOP 2000) are Petra (#1527 FROM RECENT DATA) and Petrina. Other forms, like Pella, are uncommon. Adoption of these relations of Peta was more pronounced a century ago (ADOPTION OF 0.02%) and is somewhat lower today (ADOPTION 0.01%, 44% LESS). (TOP 2000 NAMES, 2018)
Similar Names
Peta is pronounced similarly to Patti▼ and Patty▼. Other recommended sound-alike names are Aleta, Aneta, Areta, Asta, Beata, Berta▼, Beta, Betta, Cetta, Cleta, Delta, Detta, Dita, Esta▼, Geeta, Gerta, Gita, Greta▲, Herta, Ita, Iveta, Jetta, Lata, Leeta, Leota▼, Leta▼, Letta, Lita, Mata, Meta▼, Meyta, Nesta, Neta, Netta, Nita▼, Oleta▼, Pat▼, Paza, Peg, Pegg, Pelia, Penna, Pera, Perah, Peri, Perita, Perl, Perla▼, Petula, Pima, Pola, Queta, Reeta, Reita, Reta▼, Retta▼, Rheta, Rieta, Rita▼, Ruta, Teeta, Theta, Tyta, Uta, Veeta, Veta, Vita, Yuta, Zeeta, Zeta, Zetta, Zita and Zyta. These names tend to be more commonly used than Peta.
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