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Etha - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Etha

[ syll. et-ha, eth-a ] The girl name Etha is pronounced EH-THah KEY. Etha is of Celtic and Old English origin, and it is used mainly in Irish and English.

Etha is a variant (Irish) of Eithne (Irish and Scottish).

Etha is also a variant of Ethel (English).

Etha is uncommon as a baby name for girls. In 1900, 0.010% of baby girls were named Etha. Its ranking then was #635. The baby name has since dropped in popularity, and is currently of only infrequent use. Within all girl names in its group, Etha was nevertheless the most popular in 2008.

Baby names that sound like Etha include Edda (German, Polish, and Italian), Eddie (English), Edee (English), Edie (English), Edit (Hungarian), Edithe (English), Edyth (English), Edythe (English), Etta (English and Scottish), Etti (Estonian and English), Ettie (English), Etty (Estonian and English), Ada (English, German, Hungarian, Polish, Romanian, Czech, and Hebrew), Adya, Edetta (Italian), Edita (Czech, Italian, Lithuanian, and Slavic), Edite (Latvian and Portuguese), Editha (English and German), Editta (Italian), and Edyta (Polish).

KEY: approx pronunciation for Etha: EH as in "Ed (EH.D)" ; TH as in "theta (TH.EY.T.AH)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"


 
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