Peta (given name)

Peta is a feminine given name. Notable individual with this name include:

People

Women

• Peta Bala'c (born 1953), English football goalkeeper
• Peta Brady (born 1972), Australian actress
• Peta Buscombe, Baroness Buscombe (born 1954), English barrister and politician
• Peta Credlin (born c. 1970), Australian political adviser and Chief of Staff
• Peta Edebone (born 1969), Australian softball player and Olympic medalist
• Peta Gallagher (born 1977), Australian field hockey striker
• Peta Hewitt, creator of the web and print comic Terinu
• Peta Lily (Peta Wilhelmina Gottschalk), London-based physical theatre performer and director
• Peta Lindsay (born 1984), American anti-war activist
• Peta Murgatroyd (born 1986), New Zealand/Australian professional dancer
• Peta Murray, Australian writer
• Peta Rutter (1959–2010) New Zealand actress
• Peta Scholz (born 1976), Australian netball player
• Peta Seaton (born 1959), former Australian politician
• Peta Sergeant, Australian actress
• Peta Stephens (born 1978), Australian netball player
• Peta Taylor (1912–1989), English cricketer
• Peta Todd (born 1986), English glamour model
• Peta Toppano (born 1951), British-born Australian actress born Peita Toppano
• Peta Verco (born 1956), Australian cricketer
• Peta Wilson (born 1970), Australian actress and model

Men

• Peta Hiku (born 1992), New Zealand rugby league player
• Peta Nocona (1820-1864?), a chief of the Comanche band Noconi
• Peta Teanet, South African disco musician

Fictional characters

• Peta Janossi, in the Australian soap opera Home and Away
• Peta (MÄR), a fictional character in the manga and anime series MÄR

Animals

• Peta (cat), former resident Downing Street cat and unofficial Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office (1964-78)

See also

• Peta-Gaye Dowdie, a Jamaican international sprinter
• Peta-Gaye Gayle, Jamaican track and field sprinter
• Peta-Kaye Croft, Australian politician