Terra
A girls’ name of Latin origin, meaning earth, land.
Babies a year
86
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list
Terra by the numbers
Terra was given to 86 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 604 babies in 1980, so it is a 1980s name that has since fallen a long way.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Terra. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Terra
Names that are said the same way as Terra, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Terahwild goat or station5 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean the earth
Like Terra, each of these has the earth in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Brooklynbroken land; a new york borough5,239 in the US (2017)
- Zionpromised land; the promised city374 in England and Wales (2025)
- Siennareddish-brown earth; the city of Siena1,530 in England and Wales (2025)
- Brooklynnbroken land; a variant spelling of Brooklyn1,410 in the US (2017)
- Georgiaworker of the earth; a form of George280 in England and Wales (2025)
- Landryland ruler; from Landric602 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Terra
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