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Hertha

German roots

feminineLatin script

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Origin: German
4 language contexts: English German Danish +1 more
Follow the evidence: 12 cited sources Source-reported

01 / Meaning & origin

About Hertha

Hertha is a feminine given name documented in English, German, Danish and 1 other language. English Wiktionary traces it to German Hertha.

4 source accounts

German origin

Source-reported

From German Hertha (see that entry for more).

Sources for this account (7)

Wiktionary: HerthaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: HerthaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Spanish Wiktionary: HerthaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
French Wiktionary: HerthaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Polish Wiktionary: HerthaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Russian Wiktionary: HerthaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Turkish Wiktionary: HerthaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Explore 3 more accountsHide additional accountsSource accounts may describe the same origin.

English Wiktionary accountSource-reportedInvented in 19th-century Germany from a misreading of Nerthus, name of a goddess in Germania (98 BCE) by Roman senator Tacitus. Nerthus is a Latinized form from…

Invented in 19th-century Germany from a misreading of Nerthus, name of a goddess in Germania (98 BCE) by Roman senator Tacitus. Nerthus is a Latinized form from a Proto-Germanic *Nerþuz, apparently cognate to Old Norse Njǫrðr.

Sources for this account (1)

Wiktionary: HerthaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

German Wiktionary accountSource-reported[1] Der gegen Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts in Deutschland aufgekommene Vorname entstand wohl dadurch, dass der Name der germanischen Gottheit Nerthus, über die…

[1] Der gegen Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts in Deutschland aufgekommene Vorname entstand wohl dadurch, dass der Name der germanischen Gottheit Nerthus, über die Tacitus berichtet, falsch gelesen wurde.^,

Sources for this account (1)

German Wiktionary: HerthaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

French Wiktionary accountSource-reportedCorruption du latin Nerthus par rapprochement avec Erde (« Terre »), earth en anglais. Le mot fait Njörðr en vieux norrois, Njörður en islandais, Njord en…

Corruption du latin Nerthus par rapprochement avec Erde (« Terre »), earth en anglais. Le mot fait Njörðr en vieux norrois, Njörður en islandais, Njord en suédois.

Sources for this account (1)

French Wiktionary: HerthaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

02 / Across borders

Where Hertha is used

Explore published naming statistics and documented language connections around the world.

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countries in our sources

Select a country to follow Hertha’s connections around the world.

4 countries with published statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.

Selected country

United States

Statistics + language records

United States, 1965: 5 girls (rank 6539). Documented as a given name in English.

Explore United States

4 of 16 countries

03 / By the numbers

Popularity over time

Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.

United States

1880–2025 Spelling: Hertha

Region and dataset

Recorded category girls

Latest · 1965: 5; applications; Rank #6,539
Peak year: 1916; 65 applications

Hover to explore a year. Use arrow keys when a chart point has focus.

Source: US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)

Integer application counts retained without rounding.

Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.

Show the data table

Hertha in United States, girls: applications and rank by year
Year	Applications	Rank	Status
1880	no value	no value	not covered
1881	no value	no value	not covered
1882	no value	no value	not covered
1883	no value	no value	not covered
1884	no value	no value	not covered
1885	no value	no value	not covered
1886	8	828	observed
1887	12	661	observed
1888	10	837	observed
1889	10	839	observed
1890	10	872	observed
1891	14	727	observed
1892	17	706	observed
1893	11	901	observed
1894	15	782	observed
1895	20	703	observed
1896	25	621	observed
1897	22	660	observed
1898	21	719	observed
1899	26	606	observed
1900	24	742	observed
1901	14	881	observed
1902	33	571	observed
1903	27	640	observed
1904	22	755	observed
1905	13	1,057	observed
1906	22	776	observed
1907	8	1,512	observed
1908	23	809	observed
1909	35	669	observed
1910	27	831	observed
1911	20	982	observed
1912	34	860	observed
1913	46	776	observed
1914	49	843	observed
1915	61	831	observed
1916	65	840	observed
1917	56	923	observed
1918	51	1,005	observed
1919	42	1,133	observed
1920	47	1,087	observed
1921	38	1,258	observed
1922	26	1,646	observed
1923	33	1,388	observed
1924	34	1,409	observed
1925	28	1,576	observed
1926	25	1,667	observed
1927	31	1,456	observed
1928	27	1,541	observed
1929	23	1,642	observed
1930	18	1,934	observed
1931	13	2,307	observed
1932	15	2,130	observed
1933	21	1,658	observed
1934	11	2,567	observed
1935	7	3,431	observed
1936	10	2,689	observed
1937	10	2,735	observed
1938	10	2,730	observed
1939	9	2,922	observed
1940	13	2,297	observed
1941	18	1,954	observed
1942	13	2,537	observed
1943	6	4,196	observed
1944	9	3,139	observed
1945	10	2,916	observed
1946	5	4,960	observed
1947	5	5,295	observed
1948	6	4,651	observed
1949	5	5,244	observed
1950	no value	no value	not covered
1951	5	5,414	observed
1952	5	5,563	observed
1953	no value	no value	not covered
1954	no value	no value	not covered
1955	6	5,208	observed
1956	no value	no value	not covered
1957	no value	no value	not covered
1958	no value	no value	not covered
1959	no value	no value	not covered
1960	no value	no value	not covered
1961	no value	no value	not covered
1962	6	5,860	observed
1963	7	5,296	observed
1964	no value	no value	not covered
1965	5	6,539	observed
1966	no value	no value	not covered
1967	no value	no value	not covered
1968	no value	no value	not covered
1969	no value	no value	not covered
1970	no value	no value	not covered
1971	no value	no value	not covered
1972	no value	no value	not covered
1973	no value	no value	not covered
1974	no value	no value	not covered
1975	no value	no value	not covered
1976	no value	no value	not covered
1977	no value	no value	not covered
1978	no value	no value	not covered
1979	no value	no value	not covered
1980	no value	no value	not covered
1981	no value	no value	not covered
1982	no value	no value	not covered
1983	no value	no value	not covered
1984	no value	no value	not covered
1985	no value	no value	not covered
1986	no value	no value	not covered
1987	no value	no value	not covered
1988	no value	no value	not covered
1989	no value	no value	not covered
1990	no value	no value	not covered
1991	no value	no value	not covered
1992	no value	no value	not covered
1993	no value	no value	not covered
1994	no value	no value	not covered
1995	no value	no value	not covered
1996	no value	no value	not covered
1997	no value	no value	not covered
1998	no value	no value	not covered
1999	no value	no value	not covered
2000	no value	no value	not covered
2001	no value	no value	not covered
2002	no value	no value	not covered
2003	no value	no value	not covered
2004	no value	no value	not covered
2005	no value	no value	not covered
2006	no value	no value	not covered
2007	no value	no value	not covered
2008	no value	no value	not covered
2009	no value	no value	not covered
2010	no value	no value	not covered
2011	no value	no value	not covered
2012	no value	no value	not covered
2013	no value	no value	not covered
2014	no value	no value	not covered
2015	no value	no value	not covered
2016	no value	no value	not covered
2017	no value	no value	not covered
2018	no value	no value	not covered
2019	no value	no value	not covered
2020	no value	no value	not covered
2021	no value	no value	not covered
2022	no value	no value	not covered
2023	no value	no value	not covered
2024	no value	no value	not covered
2025	no value	no value	not covered

About this dataset and its counting rules

Statistics count the spelling “Hertha” as recorded by the publisher. When a spelling has several independent origins, the counts are not split between them. Counts measure applications. Gaps are years without a published value, not zeros.

Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.

Universe: US national Social Security card applications by name, sex and birth year; not a complete birth registry, especially before 1937.
Rounding: Integer application counts retained without rounding.
Suppression: Only names with at least 5 occurrences in a year and sex are included. Missing observations are not zeros.
Ranking: computed by NameStoria from published counts; ties share a rank, next rank skips. The mirror's derived rank column is not used.

Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC0-1.0

Read our methodology

04 / Through time

History

Notable bearers

People recorded with this given name in Wikidata. Their names may use a different spelling, or include it as a middle or baptismal name.

Hertha Ayrton
1854–1923
English electrical engineer (1854–1923)
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Hertha Sponer
1895–1968
German physicist and chemist (1895–1968)
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Hertha Thiele
1908–1984
German actress (1908-1984)
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Hertha Feiler
1916–1970
Austrian actress (1916–1970)
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Hertha Wambacher
1903–1950
Austrian physicist (1903-1950)
Wikipedia Wikidata source

A little story to keep

A name worth keeping.

Take the story of Hertha with you. Create a personal name passport with its meaning, roots and connections.

06 / Behind the facts

Sources for this page

Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.

Name origins & languageDictionaries, name records and related forms10

Wikidata Q16427682CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: HerthaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
French Wiktionary: HerthaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Greek Wiktionary: HerthaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Spanish Wiktionary: HerthaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Polish Wiktionary: HerthaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Russian Wiktionary: HerthaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Turkish Wiktionary: HerthaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
German Wiktionary: HerthaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Wiktionary: HertaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Pronunciation recordingsAudio credits and individual recording licences2

Wikimedia Commons: File:De-Hertha.oggCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wikimedia Commons: File:LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-Hertha.wavCC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Statistics and surveysPublishers, dataset licences and retrieval dates4

SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Fichier des prénoms — édition 2026 (naissances 1900 à 2025), fichier national
Insee (Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques) · LO-2.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Statistik Austria — Vornamen (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1): first names of live births, Austria, 1984-2025 (national counts from district rows)
Statistik Austria (Bundesanstalt Statistik Österreich) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
South Australia — Popular Baby Names, per-year lists including names given once, 1944-2017
Attorney-General's Department, South Australia (via data.sa.gov.au) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.

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About Hertha

Hertha is a feminine given name documented in English, German, Danish and 1 other language. English Wiktionary traces it to German Hertha.

4 source accounts

German origin

Source-reported

From German Hertha (see that entry for more).

Sources for this account (7)

Wiktionary: HerthaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Greek Wiktionary: HerthaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Spanish Wiktionary: HerthaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
French Wiktionary: HerthaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Polish Wiktionary: HerthaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Russian Wiktionary: HerthaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Turkish Wiktionary: HerthaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Explore 3 more accountsHide additional accountsSource accounts may describe the same origin.

Sources for this account (1)

Wiktionary: HerthaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Sources for this account (1)

German Wiktionary: HerthaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Corruption du latin Nerthus par rapprochement avec Erde (« Terre »), earth en anglais. Le mot fait Njörðr en vieux norrois, Njörður en islandais, Njord en suédois.

Sources for this account (1)

French Wiktionary: HerthaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14

Where Hertha is used

Explore published naming statistics and documented language connections around the world.

The name atlas

Across borders

countries in our sources

Select a country to follow Hertha’s connections around the world.

4 countries with published statistics. Language records show cultural connections; they do not measure how common a name is.

Selected country

United States

Statistics + language records

United States, 1965: 5 girls (rank 6539). Documented as a given name in English.

Explore United States

4 of 16 countries

Popularity over time

Follow the spelling through the years, one published dataset at a time.

United States

1880–2025 Spelling: Hertha

Region and dataset

Recorded category girls

Latest · 1965: 5; applications; Rank #6,539
Peak year: 1916; 65 applications

Hover to explore a year. Use arrow keys when a chart point has focus.

Source: US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)

Integer application counts retained without rounding.

Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.

Show the data table

Hertha in United States, girls: applications and rank by year
Year	Applications	Rank	Status
1880	no value	no value	not covered
1881	no value	no value	not covered
1882	no value	no value	not covered
1883	no value	no value	not covered
1884	no value	no value	not covered
1885	no value	no value	not covered
1886	8	828	observed
1887	12	661	observed
1888	10	837	observed
1889	10	839	observed
1890	10	872	observed
1891	14	727	observed
1892	17	706	observed
1893	11	901	observed
1894	15	782	observed
1895	20	703	observed
1896	25	621	observed
1897	22	660	observed
1898	21	719	observed
1899	26	606	observed
1900	24	742	observed
1901	14	881	observed
1902	33	571	observed
1903	27	640	observed
1904	22	755	observed
1905	13	1,057	observed
1906	22	776	observed
1907	8	1,512	observed
1908	23	809	observed
1909	35	669	observed
1910	27	831	observed
1911	20	982	observed
1912	34	860	observed
1913	46	776	observed
1914	49	843	observed
1915	61	831	observed
1916	65	840	observed
1917	56	923	observed
1918	51	1,005	observed
1919	42	1,133	observed
1920	47	1,087	observed
1921	38	1,258	observed
1922	26	1,646	observed
1923	33	1,388	observed
1924	34	1,409	observed
1925	28	1,576	observed
1926	25	1,667	observed
1927	31	1,456	observed
1928	27	1,541	observed
1929	23	1,642	observed
1930	18	1,934	observed
1931	13	2,307	observed
1932	15	2,130	observed
1933	21	1,658	observed
1934	11	2,567	observed
1935	7	3,431	observed
1936	10	2,689	observed
1937	10	2,735	observed
1938	10	2,730	observed
1939	9	2,922	observed
1940	13	2,297	observed
1941	18	1,954	observed
1942	13	2,537	observed
1943	6	4,196	observed
1944	9	3,139	observed
1945	10	2,916	observed
1946	5	4,960	observed
1947	5	5,295	observed
1948	6	4,651	observed
1949	5	5,244	observed
1950	no value	no value	not covered
1951	5	5,414	observed
1952	5	5,563	observed
1953	no value	no value	not covered
1954	no value	no value	not covered
1955	6	5,208	observed
1956	no value	no value	not covered
1957	no value	no value	not covered
1958	no value	no value	not covered
1959	no value	no value	not covered
1960	no value	no value	not covered
1961	no value	no value	not covered
1962	6	5,860	observed
1963	7	5,296	observed
1964	no value	no value	not covered
1965	5	6,539	observed
1966	no value	no value	not covered
1967	no value	no value	not covered
1968	no value	no value	not covered
1969	no value	no value	not covered
1970	no value	no value	not covered
1971	no value	no value	not covered
1972	no value	no value	not covered
1973	no value	no value	not covered
1974	no value	no value	not covered
1975	no value	no value	not covered
1976	no value	no value	not covered
1977	no value	no value	not covered
1978	no value	no value	not covered
1979	no value	no value	not covered
1980	no value	no value	not covered
1981	no value	no value	not covered
1982	no value	no value	not covered
1983	no value	no value	not covered
1984	no value	no value	not covered
1985	no value	no value	not covered
1986	no value	no value	not covered
1987	no value	no value	not covered
1988	no value	no value	not covered
1989	no value	no value	not covered
1990	no value	no value	not covered
1991	no value	no value	not covered
1992	no value	no value	not covered
1993	no value	no value	not covered
1994	no value	no value	not covered
1995	no value	no value	not covered
1996	no value	no value	not covered
1997	no value	no value	not covered
1998	no value	no value	not covered
1999	no value	no value	not covered
2000	no value	no value	not covered
2001	no value	no value	not covered
2002	no value	no value	not covered
2003	no value	no value	not covered
2004	no value	no value	not covered
2005	no value	no value	not covered
2006	no value	no value	not covered
2007	no value	no value	not covered
2008	no value	no value	not covered
2009	no value	no value	not covered
2010	no value	no value	not covered
2011	no value	no value	not covered
2012	no value	no value	not covered
2013	no value	no value	not covered
2014	no value	no value	not covered
2015	no value	no value	not covered
2016	no value	no value	not covered
2017	no value	no value	not covered
2018	no value	no value	not covered
2019	no value	no value	not covered
2020	no value	no value	not covered
2021	no value	no value	not covered
2022	no value	no value	not covered
2023	no value	no value	not covered
2024	no value	no value	not covered
2025	no value	no value	not covered

About this dataset and its counting rules

Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.

Universe: US national Social Security card applications by name, sex and birth year; not a complete birth registry, especially before 1937.
Rounding: Integer application counts retained without rounding.
Suppression: Only names with at least 5 occurrences in a year and sex are included. Missing observations are not zeros.
Ranking: computed by NameStoria from published counts; ties share a rank, next rank skips. The mirror's derived rank column is not used.

Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC0-1.0

Read our methodology

History

Notable bearers

People recorded with this given name in Wikidata. Their names may use a different spelling, or include it as a middle or baptismal name.

Hertha Ayrton
1854–1923
English electrical engineer (1854–1923)
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Hertha Sponer
1895–1968
German physicist and chemist (1895–1968)
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Hertha Thiele
1908–1984
German actress (1908-1984)
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Hertha Feiler
1916–1970
Austrian actress (1916–1970)
Wikipedia Wikidata source
Hertha Wambacher
1903–1950
Austrian physicist (1903-1950)
Wikipedia Wikidata source

Sources for this page

Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.

Name origins & languageDictionaries, name records and related forms10

Wikidata Q16427682CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary: HerthaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
French Wiktionary: HerthaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Greek Wiktionary: HerthaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Spanish Wiktionary: HerthaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Polish Wiktionary: HerthaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Russian Wiktionary: HerthaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Turkish Wiktionary: HerthaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
German Wiktionary: HerthaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Wiktionary: HertaCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Pronunciation recordingsAudio credits and individual recording licences2

Wikimedia Commons: File:De-Hertha.oggCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wikimedia Commons: File:LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-Hertha.wavCC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Statistics and surveysPublishers, dataset licences and retrieval dates4

SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Fichier des prénoms — édition 2026 (naissances 1900 à 2025), fichier national
Insee (Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques) · LO-2.0 · retrieved 2026-10-14
Statistik Austria — Vornamen (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1): first names of live births, Austria, 1984-2025 (national counts from district rows)
Statistik Austria (Bundesanstalt Statistik Österreich) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
South Australia — Popular Baby Names, per-year lists including names given once, 1944-2017
Attorney-General's Department, South Australia (via data.sa.gov.au) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.

Hertha

About Hertha

German origin

Where Hertha is used

Across borders

United States

Popularity over time

United States

History

Notable bearers

Hertha Ayrton

Hertha Sponer

Hertha Thiele

Hertha Feiler

Hertha Wambacher

Herta

Hertta

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page

Hertha

About Hertha

German origin

Where Hertha is used

Across borders

United States

Popularity over time

United States

History

Notable bearers

Hertha Ayrton

Hertha Sponer

Hertha Thiele

Hertha Feiler

Hertha Wambacher

Herta

Hertta

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page

A story to pass on.

About Hertha

German origin

Where Hertha is used

Across borders

United States

Popularity over time

United States

History

Notable bearers

Hertha Ayrton

Hertha Sponer

Hertha Thiele

Hertha Feiler

Hertha Wambacher

Related names

Different forms. Shared stories.

Meet the family

Related names in the catalogue

Herta

Hertta

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page

A story to pass on.

About Hertha

German origin

Where Hertha is used

Across borders

United States

Popularity over time

United States

History

Notable bearers

Hertha Ayrton

Hertha Sponer

Hertha Thiele

Hertha Feiler

Hertha Wambacher

Related names

Different forms. Shared stories.

Meet the family

Related names in the catalogue

Herta

Hertta

A name worth keeping.

Sources for this page