70%RatingSave Gender Feminine Usage Various Meaning & History Possibly from Latin altus or Italian/Spanish alto meaning "high". Related Names User SubmissionAlta PopularityDetails Last ranked #855 in 1940 Brazil (by decade) Last ranked #935 in 1956 (f) #739 in 1895 (m) United States People think this name isRate·Details mature informal upper class natural wholesome strong strange simple serious nerdy Categories Bjork songs, currently out of the US top 1000, ends in -ta, place names, poets, uncertain etymology, word names, writers