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Yetta

American  
[yet-uh] / ˈjɛt ə /

noun

  1. a female given name.


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Her Jewish great-grandparents, Abraham Simon and Rhoda Yetta Freeman and their eight children, including Lill's grandmother Florrie, came to Newry in about 1890 from Kaunas in Lithuania, part of the then Russia.

From BBC Jan. 27, 2021

She was a regular as feisty Grandma Yetta on the 1990s sitcom “The Nanny,” and in the early 1960s, played Millie Helper, Laura Petrie’s gabby pal, on the acclaimed “Van Dyke” series.

From Washington Post Jun. 17, 2016

Ydanis Rodriguez, a Democratic City Councilmember from northern Manhattan, became one of those arrested, said Yetta Kurland, an attorney with the New York City Chapter of the National Lawyers Guild, in an e-mailed news release.

From BusinessWeek Nov. 16, 2011

Yetta Kurland, a lawyer for the protesters, said they will consider legal options but have not decided what to do next.

From Reuters Nov. 16, 2011

He spoke with an accent, and his family connections consisted, principally, of being the son of Solomon and Yetta Bickel of Bucharest, Romania, by way, most recently, of Brooklyn.

From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell

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