Marietta
A Greek diminutive of Maria, meaning "little Mary". Only about 1,800 women in Poland carry it, and after a small run of births in the early 2020s it's fading again, so most Poles have never met one.
Marietta Pronunciation
Marietta is pronounced mahr-YET-tah (/marˈjɛtta/).
What Marietta means
Where Marietta comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Marietta begins with Maria, and the Italian ending does the tender work. The suffix -etta makes a small, affectionate form, so Marietta reads as little Mary, mała Maria in Polish. The root reached Italian through Greek, which is where its origin sits, and from there it settled into everyday speech as a familiar version of Maria.
The variant marieta drops a letter and keeps the same sense. Its music is Italian. You meet that form in Spanish and Catalan settings too, and it still points back to the same small Mary.
Say the name in a Polish class register and it stands slightly apart, clear in what it means. That is its appeal for families drawn to Maria who want something lighter on the page. The diminutive softens the name rather than shrinking it.
What Marietta holds is legible: a Greek origin behind Maria, an Italian ending, and a plain sense of little Mary.
When Marietta celebrates name day
Marietta appears 1 time in the Polish name day calendar, never as a main name. The first of these dates is 31 May.
Rarer dates. Only the most complete calendars add this name on these days. Most skip them, so hardly anyone celebrates then.
How many people are named Marietta
1 in 12360 women in Poland is named Marietta. 1,824 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #733 among female names.
Marietta's popularity over time
17 girls were given the name in 2025, ranking #557 among newborns. It is making a comeback after a low in 2013.
Where Marietta is most popular
Marietta is most popular in Pomeranian, 81% above the national average (32 girls born 2019–2025), followed by Greater Poland (+63%) and Lubusz (+51%). It is least common in Łódź and Podlaskie, 54% and 49% below average respectively.
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Pomeranian32 girls born+81%
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Greater Poland42 girls born+63%
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Lubusz9 girls born+51%
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Kuyavian-Pomeranian19 girls born+45%
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Subcarpathian16 girls born+11%
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West Pomeranian11 girls born+9%
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Lower Silesian19 girls born+1%
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Masovian38 girls born−11%
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Lesser Poland24 girls born−12%
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Silesian23 girls born−16%
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Warmian-Masurian7 girls born−19%
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Lublin8 girls born−35%
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Podlaskie4 girls born−49%
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Łódź7 girls born−54%
Marietta as a middle name
Marietta is a first name for 1,824 women in Poland and a middle name for another 460, an 80/20 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 327th, between Gerda (463) and Sylwestra (448).
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#325 Erna463
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#326 Gerda463
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#327 Marietta460
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#328 Sylwestra448
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#329 Alice445