Given name
Hertha
“of the earth”
Hertha is used as a given name. One English interpretation is “of the earth.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “of the earth.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1886. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Hertha through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,453
- 0 boys · 1,453 girls
- Most popular year
- 1916
- 65 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 1965. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 65 in 1916. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 407 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.
Hertha’s family of names
In German usage, Hertha has a later derivative in HERTTA. In Faroese usage, Hertha has a related form in Herta. In English usage, Hertha has a conventional equivalent in the Swedish form Herta.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Hertha has relatives in 6 languages. Lines run from its English roots to each of them.
4 related names in 6 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 2
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Hertha
- Hertha AyrtonEnglish electrical engineer (1854–1923)
- Hertha SponerGerman physicist and chemist (1895–1968)
- Hertha ThieleGerman actress (1908-1984)
- Hertha FeilerAustrian actress (1916–1970)
- Hertha WambacherAustrian physicist (1903-1950)
- Hertha von WaltherGerman actress (1903-1987)
- Hertha FirnbergAustrian politician (1909-1994)
- Hertha TöpperAustrian contralto opera singer (1924–2020)
- Hertha PauliAustrian journalist, author and actress1906–1973
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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