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

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'