Iwetta
From Latin, tied to the yew tree. Fewer than 400 Polish women carry it, and no girl was named Iwetta last year, so most people here have never met one.
Iwetta Pronunciation
Iwetta is pronounced ee-VET-tah (/iˈvɛtta/).
What Iwetta means
Where Iwetta comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
The name Iwetta comes from Latin, and behind it stands a tree: the yew, cis in Polish. Its short meaning, "yew tree," ties the name to one of the longest-living plants in Europe, a dark evergreen that churchyards across the continent have kept for centuries.
In Poland the name travels with close company. Iweta drops a letter and stays almost the same. Iwona shares the same root and the same yew, though it has long outgrown its cousin in popularity. All three lead back to one tree.
A teacher reading Iwetta from a class register might pause at the double t, an unusual spelling for a familiar sound.
The name gathered no patron saint or fixed legend of its own in Poland. What it holds instead is botany and sound. To carry it is to carry the word for cis, a wood once cut for bows because it bends without snapping. Iwetta, Iweta, Iwona: one yew, three Polish names.
How many people are named Iwetta
1 in 60278 women in Poland is named Iwetta. 374 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #1534 among female names.
Iwetta's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 girls were given the name in 2025. It has been stable for a decade.
Iwetta as a middle name
Iwetta is a first name for 374 women in Poland and a middle name for another 112, a 77/23 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 626th, between Włodzimiera (113) and Leila (112).
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#624 Rozwita113
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#625 Włodzimiera113
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#626 Iwetta112
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#627 Leila112
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#628 Vivien112