Uta

OO-ta

German

"prosperity, riches"

Uta Origin and Meaning

The name Uta is a girl's name of German origin meaning "prosperity, riches".

Medieval name that still hasn't crossed the ocean, known here primarily via actress/teacher Uta Hagen.

Famous People Named Uta

• Uta Thyra Hagen American acting teacher
• Uta von Naumburg model for Disney's evil queen from Snow White
• Uta von Ballenstedt Margravine of Meissen as wife of Eckard II
• Uta Countess of Schauenburg, German heiress
• Uta Frith German developmental psychologist
• Uta Nickel German finance minister
• Uta Pippig German runner
• Uta Ranke Heinemann, German theologian
• Uta Rohländer German sprinter
• Uta Shimamura Japanese pop singer and former member of Country Girls

The name Uta in Pop Culture

• Uta role in the Ernest Reyer opera 'Sigurd'
• Uta Refson vampirologist on TV's 'The L Word' (her full name is Nosferatu backwards)
• Uta mother of Kriemhild and King Gunther in the Germanic saga the 'Nibelungenlied'