Meaning and Origin
What does the name Zeta mean? Keep reading to find the user submitted meanings, dictionary definitions, and more.
Origin and Meaning of Zeta
User Submitted Origins
Greek
65%
English
26%
African
4%
Hebrew
4%
User Submitted Meanings
- According to 2 people from the United States and South Africa, the name Zeta is of English origin and means "Born last".
- A submission from South Africa says the name Zeta means "Last born".
- A submission from New Zealand says the name Zeta means "'born last' in Greek, and 7 in numeral terms, although it is the sixth letter in the Greek alphabet. This name is typically unknown & isn't really pronounced right. There are two spellings: Zita and Zeta. People choose to say Zeta like 'zet-ta' and Zita like 'Zee-ta'. You can't blame people for doing this since the letter i makes an 'ee' sound, and the letter e makes an 'eh' sound" and is of Greek origin.
- A submission from Greece says the name Zeta means "Trust".
International Interest
Also see international interest
Webster's Unabridged Dictionary
noun ‖Ze"ta
A Greek letter [ζ] corresponding to our z.
Etymology: L., from Gr. �. Cf. Zed
Other Dictionary Sources
- The 6th letter of the Greek alphabet
Wiktionary
From the Ancient Greek ζῆτα (zêta).
- The sixth letter of the modern Greek alphabet (Ζ (Z), ζ (z)) preceded by epsilon (Ε (E), ε (e)) and followed by eta, (Η (I), η (i)); or the seventh letter in the ancient Greek alphabet, in which it is preceded by digamma (Ϝ (W), ϝ (w))
- (mathematics) A mathematical function formally known as the Riemann zeta function.
- of 3 is irrational
zeta was also found in the following language(s): Asturian, Basque, Catalan, Finnish, Galician, Hawaiian, Icelandic, Italian, Latin, Portuguese, Serbo-Croatian, and Spanish