Given name & surname
Thera
“one who is untamed; wild”
Thera is used as a given name and a surname. One Greek interpretation is “one who is untamed; wild.” Its derivation is not certain.
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Greek interpretation is “one who is untamed; wild.” Its derivation is not certain.
Where it comes from
A possible origin is Greek, although the derivation remains uncertain.
How it developed
Thera is a short form of Theresa.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1899. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Thera through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 892
- 0 boys · 892 girls
- Most popular year
- 1982
- 31 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 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 31 in 1982. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 543 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.
Thera’s family of names
Thera is a short form of Theresa. Thera has a related form in Therra. Thera has a related form in Theresa.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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