First recorded as a given name of Latvians during 1850 - 1875 . From velte (“gift, present”). Name of a character in the play Zaudētās tiesības (1894) by Aspazija.
Velta f
- a female given name
- Klāvs Siliņš: Latviešu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, →ISBN
- [1] Population Register of Latvia: Velta was the only given name of 5671 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010.