Girl · Hebrew, through Italian
Simonetta
Say it: see-moh-NET-tah
Meaning
A feminine diminutive of Simone (Simon), from Hebrew Shim'on, usually explained as 'he has heard'.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
Simonetta Vespucci's fame in 15th-century Florence gave the name glamour, and it was common again in mid-20th-century Italy.
Its wave through time
Rare in the records
In the United States
- 19 babies given this name since 1954
- At its height in 1963, about 1 in 275,300 girls
- Fewer than 5 babies a year in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
Famous bearers
- Simonetta Vespucci, Florentine noblewoman celebrated in Medici-era poetry
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Where this comes from
- Medieval and Renaissance Italian records, such as the Florentine tax survey of 1427
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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