Meta is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include:
Surname:
Beqir Meta, Albanian historian
Ilir Meta (born 1969), Albanian politician
Kenichiro Meta (born 1982), Japanese football player
Given name:
Meta Brevoort (1825–1876), American mountain climber
Meta Elste-Neumann (1919–2010), German-American gymnast
Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller (1877–1968), African-American artist
Meta Given, American nutritionist, home economist, and cookbook author
Meta Golding, Haitian-American actress and former figure skater
Meta Orred (1845 or 1846–1925), Scottish author and poet
Meta Ramsay, Baroness Ramsay of Cartvale (born 1936), British Labour Party member of the House of Lords
Meta Seinemeyer (1895–1929), German operatic spinto soprano
Margaret Tuke (1862–1947), British academic and educator
Meta Vannas (1924–2003), Soviet Estonian politician
Meta Vidmar (1899–1975), Slovene modern dancer
