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Maretta (F)>

Maretta (female)

Variants:Mairead (F)
Diminutive(s):Etta (F)
Lesser Synonym(s):Myra (F)
Can be spelt:Marietta (F)
   
Source(s): The Oxford Names Companion, OUP
Notes:

Scottish. Anglicized form of Mairead the Gaelic variant of Margaret [q.v.], from Greek or Persian "pearl".

Mairead may be also Anglicised as Myra so this is consequently classified here as a lesser synonym. Maretta may be spelt Marietta.