Hertha

Colors Related to this Name: Blue

Qualities Related to this Name: Romantic, Nurturing

Meaning

In English

Origin: Invented in 19th century Germany from a misreading of Nerthus, name of an earth goddess in Germania (98 B.C.) by Tacitus; explained as "earth"; likely akin to Old Norse Njǫrðr, from Proto-Germanic *nerþuz ("vital power").

Meaning(s):

-( female name -comes from the Germanic language-) occasionally borrowed from German around 1900.

In German

Meaning(s):

-( female name) popular at the turn of the 20th century.

In Danish

Meaning(s):

-( female name) borrowed from Germany.