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Chanoch Taub
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3/28/2012, 11:06 AM
My grandmother was called Yetta. What does it mean? Hebrew equivalent?
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clevelandkentevans
3/28/2012, 2:07 PM
According to
The Oxford Dictionary of First Names
, the origin of Yetta is uncertain. It is possibly a variation of
Etta
in Yiddish dialects with Slavic influence. It may also have originally been a pet form of
Yehudit
or
Esther
.
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