56%RatingSave Gender Feminine Usage Spanish Pronounced Pron. peh-PEE-ta [key·IPA] Meaning & HistoryExpand Links Spanish feminine diminutive of Joseph. Related NamesFamily Tree·Details Masculine FormsJose, PepitoOther Languages & CulturesJosipa(Croatian) Jody, Josepha(English) Josée, Josèphe, Joséphine(French) Josepha(German) Jozefa(Hungarian) Giuseppa, Giuseppina, Giusi, Giusy(Italian) Józefa(Polish) Josefa(Portuguese) Jožefa(Slovene) PopularityDetails Last ranked #460 in 1939 France Last ranked #454 in 1940 Spain (by decade) People think this name isRate·Details classic youthful informal common natural wholesome delicate strange comedic unintellectual Categories diminutives, ends in -ita, ends in -ta, Virginia Woolf characters