Uta (given name)

Uta is a feminine given name which is common in German and Japanese cultures. In German, the name is a feminine form of Udo. In Japanese, the name means "song".

People with the name include:

Historical

• Uta, daughter of Theodo, member of the Agilolfings family and ruler of Bavaria in the 8th century
• Uta of Schauenburg (c. 1115/1120—c. 1197), sovereign countess
• Uta von Ballenstedt (c. 1000–1046), mediaeval aristocrat

Given name

• Uta Abe (阿部 詩; born 2000), Japanese judoka
• Uta Barth (born 1958), German-American photographer
• Uta Bella (1947–2021), Cameroonian musical artist
• Uta Bresan (born 1965), German musical artist
• Uta Briesewitz (born 1967), German cinematographer and television director
• Uta Erickson, Norwegian actress
• Uta Felgner (born 1951), German businesswoman
• Uta Francke (born 1942), German-American physician
• Uta Frith (born 1941), German developmental psychologist
• Uta Fritze-von Alvensleben (born 1955), German astrophysicist
• Uta Frommater (born 1948), German swimmer
• Uta Gerhardt (born 1938), German academic and sociologist
• Uta Hagen (1919–2004), German actress
• Uta-Maria Heim (born 1963), German writer
• Uta Ibrahimi (born 1983), Albanian alpinist
• Uta Kargel (born 1981), German actress
• Uta Klement (born 1962), German academic
• Uta Levka (born 1942), German actress
• Uta Merzbach (1933–2017), German-American mathematician
• Uta Nickel (born 1941), German politician
• Uta Pippig (born 1965), German long-distance runner
• Uta Poreceanu (1936–2018), Romanian artistic gymnast
• Uta Ranke-Heinemann (1927–2021), German theologian, academic and author
• Uta Rohländer (born 1969), German sprinter
• Uta Schmuck (born 1949), German swimmer
• Uta Schütz (born 1955), German swimmer
• Uta Streckert (born 1994), German paralympic athlete
• Uta Weyand, German pianist

Fictional characters

• Uta Figarland, primary antagonist of One Piece Film: Red
• Uta Sakura, protagonist of You and Idol Pretty Cure
• Uta Utane, fictional character in Utau