Jatta

• Origin: Finnish
• Gender: Female
• Pron: YAHT-tah

The name is a shortened form of Marjatta, a Finnish form of Maria. It officially entered the Finnish name-day calendar as an independent given name in 2010. Since the 1980s, approximately 900 females have been given this name in Finland. Prior to 1920, Jatta does not appear in Finnish records as an independent given name.

Its designated name-day is August 15th in Finland.

Sources

• https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jatta
• https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jatta_Tujunen
• https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Jatta