Given name & surname
Tierra
“of the earth”
Tierra is used as a given name and a surname. One Spanish interpretation is “of the earth.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Spanish interpretation is “of the earth.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Spanish.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1964. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Tierra through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 15,011
- 70 boys · 14,941 girls
- Most popular year
- 1993
- 826 babies
- 2025
- 22
- #5,703 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −39%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 22 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 5,703 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 38.7% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 826 in 1993. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 11,562 as a first name in 2020; 177 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.
Tierra’s family of names
Tierra has a related form in Tiera. Tierra has a related form in Tierrah. Tierra has a related form in Tierah.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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