Modesta - Meaning of Modesta
What does Modesta mean?
[ 3 syll. mo-des-ta, mod-e-sta ] The baby girl name Modesta is pronounced Mow-DHEH-STaa (Spanish) †. Modesta is of Latin and English origin. It is used mainly in English, Italian, Romanian, and Spanish. Latin origin: An old form of the name is Modesta (Latin). The name is dervied from the Latin modestus which is itself from the Latin modus. This is also the origin of the English word 'modesty'.
Modesta is a form (Italian and Spanish) of the English Modesty.
Modesta is the feminine version of the Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish Modesto.
Forms of Modesta include the English Modestee, the English Modestene, the name Modestia, the English Modestina, and the English Modesty.
The origin and meaning of the name Modesta is inherited by all variant forms.
See also the related categories, romanian, english, latin, word (element), spanish, and italian.
Modesta is not commonly used as a baby girl name. It is not in the top 1000 names.
Baby names that sound like Modesta include Modestee, Modestey, Modesti, Modestie, Modesty, Mahdokht, Matat, and Modeste.
† Pronunciation for Modesta: M as in "me (M.IY)" ; OW as in "oak (OW.K)" ; DH as in "they (DH.EY)" ; EH as in "ebb (EH.B)" ; S as in "see (S.IY)" ; T as in "tee (T.IY)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)"
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