Hertha

See also: herða

English

Etymology

From German Hertha (see that entry for more).

Proper noun

Hertha

  1. A female given name from the Germanic languages occasionally borrowed from German around 1900.
    Hertha Ayrton

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Danish

Etymology

From German Hertha.

Proper noun

Hertha

  1. a female given name

German

Alternative forms

Etymology

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.

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Proper noun

Hertha

  1. a female given name, popular at the turn of the 20th century
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