Given name
Ertha
“woman of the earth”
Ertha is a variant of Eartha. One German interpretation is “woman of the earth.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Ertha is a variant of Eartha. One German interpretation is “woman of the earth.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Ertha is a variant of Eartha. An origin associated with Eartha is German.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1914. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ertha through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 241
- 0 boys · 241 girls
- Most popular year
- 1929
- 16 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 1968. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 16 in 1929. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 192 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Ertha
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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