Submitted NameRevisions Save Gender Feminine Usage Dutch, Swedish (Archaic), Afrikaans, Icelandic (Modern, Rare), Hungarian Other Forms FormsÅleta (archaic Swedish), Alett (Hungarian) Edit Status Status [show contributorshide contributors] Added 7/5/2011 by Lucille Edited 5/15/2019 by Frollein Gladys Meaning & History Archaic Swedish diminutive of Alhet and Dutch variant of Aleida as well as a Hungarian adoption of the Dutch name. In the Netherlands this name was borne by the country's first female physician, Aletta Jacobs (1854-1929).