Girl · Old High German
Ute
Say it: OO-teh
Meaning
Origin uncertain; often derived from Germanic od/aud 'wealth', but this is not settled.
Uncertainseveral explanations, none settled.
Uta was a medieval noble name; Ute became very popular in Germany in the 1940s to 1960s.
Its wave through time
Rare in the records
In the United States
- 25 babies given this name since 1963
- At its height in 1963, about 1 in 240,900 girls
- Fewer than 5 babies a year in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Uta
Famous bearers
- Uta von Naumburg, margravine known from her cathedral statue
- Ute Lemper, German singer
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Where this comes from
- Medieval European charters and records
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.