Juta

See also: juta and jũta

Estonian edit

Etymology edit

Probably identical with German Jutta and Danish Jytte.

Proper noun edit

Juta

A fairy living on the Lake Endla in Estonian mythology, and in the Kalevipoeg.
a female given name

Latvian edit

Etymology edit

First recorded as a given name of Latvians in the end of the 19th century. Probably a variant of Judīte (“Judith”). Cognate with Estonian Juta and German Jutta.

Proper noun edit

Juta f

a female given name

References edit

Klāvs Siliņš: Latviešu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, →ISBN
[1] Population Register of Latvia: Juta was the only given name of 645 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010.