Given name
Thirza
“a delightful lady”
Thirza is used as a given name. One Hebrew interpretation is “a delightful lady.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Hebrew interpretation is “a delightful lady.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Hebrew.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1887. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Thirza through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 207
- 0 boys · 207 girls
- Most popular year
- 1917
- 20 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 6 in 1981. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 20 in 1917. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 176 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.
Thirza’s family of names
In English usage, Thirza has a related form in Tirzah. In German usage, Thirza has a conventional equivalent in the English form Tirzah. In German usage, Thirza has a related form in Tirza.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 5
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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