Hertha
See also: herða
English
editEtymology
editFrom German Hertha (see that entry for more).
Proper noun
editHertha
- A female given name from the Germanic languages occasionally borrowed from German around 1900.
Translations
editAnagrams
editDanish
editEtymology
editProper noun
editHertha
- a female given name
German
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editInvented 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.
Pronunciation
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Proper noun
editHertha
- a female given name, popular at the turn of the 20th century
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