Minetta

Diminutive of Minna or Wilhelmina, German
"child of the red earth"

Minetta Origin and Meaning

The name Minetta is a girl's name meaning "child of the red earth".

Minetta is one of those names that's a diminutive of a diminutive -- Minna, a pan-European nickname that can be short for many names beginning or ending in Mina. Minetta may be most famous as Minetta Lane, a charming street in New York's West Village.

Famous People Named Minetta

  • Minetta Ellen
    American actress
  • Carrie Minetta Jacobs
    Bond, American singer and songwriter

Minetta in Pop Culture

  • Minetta Brook
    which flows beneath Minetta Lane in Greenwich Village, New York City, said to mean "devil's water" in a Native American language