Given name & surname
Terra
“goddess of the earth; the land itself”
Terra is a feminine given name from Latin, meaning “goddess of the earth; the land itself.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Terra means “goddess of the earth; the land itself.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Latin.
How it developed
From Latin Terra (“goddess of the earth; the land itself”); its root is Proto-Indo-European *ters-.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
In mythological stories, Terra is associated with an earth goddess.
Terra through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 15,434
- 5 boys · 15,429 girls
- Most popular year
- 1980
- 604 babies
- 2025
- 74
- #2,434 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −8%
- Steady
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 74 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 2,434 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 7.6% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 604 in 1980. In 2025, California and Texas shared the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (7 each). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 13,575 as a first name in 2020; 1,193 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Terra’s family of names
Terra has a related form in Taran. Terra has a related form in Terran. Terra has a related form in Terah.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 11
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Taranvariant
- Terranvariant
- Terrenavariant
- Terennavariant
- Terenavariant
- Teralynvariant
- Terahvariant
- Terrahvariant
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Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Terra
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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