Name

Name PETA

Between 1900 and 2022 there were 3,176 births of Peta in the countries below, which represents an average of 26 births of children bearing the first name Peta per year on average throughout this period.
On the last available year for each country, we count 0 birth.

Other languages :
En Français

Prénom Peta
In Italiano

Nome Peta

Available variants : Peťa , Péťa
Variations : Petra , Petta

Information about the first name Peta

The first name Peta is listed in our categories :

Icelandic names (girls)
Peta

The first name Peta has been assigned to:

0.16% to boys
99.84% to girls

The country where the first name Peta is the most common is:

Australia

This first name is on trend: Female

This first name has 4 letters including 2 vowels and 2 consonants

Anagrams of the first name Peta

An anagram is a word that contains the same letters of another word. Here is the list of first names which are an anagram of Peta : Apet, Pate, Teap, Tepa

Peta in Japanese ^*

Romaji	piita
Katakana	ピータ
Hiragana	ぴーた
* This is a phonetic conversion, not a translation.
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Peta in binary language

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Origin and meaning of name Peta

English

Etymology

A rare feminine form of Peter.

Anagrams

Paet, Pate, Peat, epta-, pate, peat, pâté, tape, tepa

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /piː.tə/

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ˈpiːtə/
Rhymes: -iːtə
Homophones: pita, Peter (in nonrhotic accents)

Proper noun

Peta
(chiefly UK, Australia) A female given name from Ancient Greek.
Alternative letter-case form of PETA

Proper noun (Related terms)

Petra

General

Proper noun

PETA
Acronym of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.
(humorous) Acronym of People Eating Tasty Animals.
(Philippines) Acronym of Philippine Education Theater Association.

Spanish

Etymology

From Aymara or Quechua.

Etymology (Noun)

peta f (plural petas)
(Bolivia) turtle
Synonym: tortuga

Etymology (Verb)

peta
inflection of petar:
third-person singular present indicative
second-person singular imperative

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ˈpeta/ [ˈpe.t̪a]
Rhymes: -eta
Syllabification: pe‧ta

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay peta, perhaps from Sanskrit भूपट (bhūpaṭa, “map”) as भू (bhū, “earth”) +‎ पट (paṭa, “garment”). Similar construction in Latin mappa mundī (“map”), compound of mappa (“napkin, cloth”) + mundus (“world”).

Noun

pêta (plural peta-peta, first-person possessive petaku, second-person possessive petamu, third-person possessive petanya)
map:
(geography) A visual representation of an area, whether real or imaginary, showing the relative positions of places and other features.

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /pəˈta/
Rhymes: -ta, -a
Hyphenation: pê‧ta

Noun (See also)

kartu

Polish

Noun

peta m
genitive singular of pet

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ˈpɛ.ta/
Rhymes: -ɛta
Syllabification: pe‧ta

Malay

Etymology

Possibly from Sanskrit भूपट (bhūpaṭa, “map”) as भू (bhū, “earth”) +‎ पट (paṭa, “garment”). Similar construction in Latin mappa mundī (“map”), compound of mappa (“napkin, cloth”) + mundus (“world”).

Noun

peta (Jawi spelling ڤتا‎, plural peta-peta, informal 1st possessive petaku, 2nd possessive petamu, 3rd possessive petanya)
map

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /pəta/
(Johor-Riau) IPA(key): [pətə]
Rhymes: -əta, -ta, -a

Noun (Descendants)

Indonesian: peta

Portuguese

Etymology

Unknown.

Noun

peta f (plural petas)
fib

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -etɐ
Hyphenation: pe‧ta

Galician

Etymology

Back-formation from petar (“to knock”)

Noun

peta f (plural petas)
pickaxe
Synonym: picaraña
whim; will
Synonym: gana

Pronunciation

IPA(key): [ˈpɛtɐ]

Noun (Related terms)

petar

Swedish

Verb

peta (present petar, preterite petade, supine petat, imperative peta)
(often with "på") to poke; prod or jab
(chiefly with "i") to poke; to promote burning

Verb (Related terms)

peta bort
peta in
peta sig i näsan
peta ut
petning

Popularity of the name Peta

Number of PETA births per year

Popularity of the name Peta

Total births of Peta by country

		Births with the first name Peta
Country		Boys Girls
	Australia 1930 - 2022	4 3,078
	United Kingdom 1996 - 2021	0 57
	New Zealand 1900 - 2022	0 21
	Switzerland 1909 - 2021	0 7
	Alberta 1980 - 2022	0 4
	Austria 1984 - 2021	1 1
	Germany 2000 - 2022	0 2
	Quebec 1980 - 2022	0 1