Given name & surname
Tertia
“the third-born child”
Tertia is used as a given name and a surname. One Latin interpretation is “the third-born child.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Latin interpretation is “the third-born child.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Latin.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1971. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Tertia through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 10
- 0 boys · 10 girls
- Most popular year
- 1971
- 5 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 1985. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Tertia’s family of names
Tertia has a related form in Terceira. Tertia has a related form in Terceirah. Tertia has a related form in Tertiah.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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