Etta (name)
# Etta (name)

Etta is an Italian given name that is a diminutive form of Antonietta and Antonetta in use in Italy. It is also an English given name that is a short form of the name Henrietta. Etta is also a Danish, Finnish, Norwegian, Old Danish, Old Swedish and Swedish given name. Notable people with this name include the following:

## Given name

* Etta Baker (1913–2006), American musician
* Etta Moten Barnett (1901–2004), American actress and singer
* Etta Deikman (fl. 1950s –) American artist
* Etta Zuber Falconer (1933–2002), American educator
* Etta Federn (1883–1951), Austrian writer
* Etta C. Gravely (born 1939), American chemistry academic
* Etta Hulme (1923–2014), American cartoonist
* Etta Jones (1928–2001), American singer
* Etta Lee (1906–1956), American actress
* Etta Belle Lloyd (1860–1929), American pioneer
* Etta Wedell Mastbaum (1866–1953), American executive
* Etta May, American comedian
* Etta McDaniel (1890–1946), American actress
* Etta Murfitt (born 1966), British dancer and choreographer
* Etta Neumann, Austrian table tennis player
* Etta Palm d'Aelders (1743–1799), Dutch feminist
* Etta D. Pisano, American radiologist
* Etta Place (c. 1878 – ?), American Butch Cassidy's Wild Bunch associate
* Etta Scollo (born 1958), Italian singer and songwriter
* Etta Semple, birthname Martha Etta Donaldson, née Martha Etta Kilmer (1854–1914), American activist
* Etta Angell Wheeler (1834–1921), American child advocate
* Etta Wriedt (1859–1942), American medium

## Nickname or stage name

* Etta Banda (born 1949), Malawian politician
* Etta Bond (born 1989), nickname of Henrietta Bond, British singer-songwriter
* Etta Britt, birthname Melissa Prewitt, (born 1958/1959), American vocalist
* Etta Cameron, birthname Ettamae Louvita Coakley, (1939–2010), Bahamian singer
* Etta Hawkins, stage name of Henrietta Luna Hawkins (1865–1945), American actress
* Etta James, birthname Jamesetta Hawkins (1938–2012), American singer
* Margaretta Louisa Lemon (1860–1953), British conservationist
* Etta Haynie Maddox, (1860–1933), American vocalist, lawyer and suffragist
* Etta Rosales (fl. 1998–2015), Filipino politician

## Fictional characters

* Etta Candy, Wonder Woman's best friend in the DC Comics universe
* Etta, Gunslinger Girl character
* Etta, Realm of the Elderlings character
* Etta Kett (fl. 1925 – 1974), Comic strip (and comic strip character) focused on teenage etiquette
* Etta Tavernier, EastEnders character played by Jacqui Gordon-Lawrence
