Name
TERRA

Name TERRA

Between 1880 and 2022 there were 12,674 births of Terra in the countries below, which represents an average of 89 births of children bearing the first name Terra per year on average throughout this period.
On the last available year for each country, we count 27 births.

Other languages  :  
En Français Prénom Terra   
In Italiano Nome Terra   
Variations : Tera , Terah , Terrah


Information about the first name Terra

The first name Terra has been assigned to:
0.02% to boys
99.98% to girls
The country where the first name Terra is the most common is:
US United State of America
This first name is on trend: Female
This first name has 5 letters including 2 vowels and 3 consonants

Anagrams of the first name Terra

An anagram is a word that contains the same letters of another word. Here is the list of first names which are an anagram of Terra : Erart, Tarer, Trear

Terra in Japanese *

Romajitera
Katakanaテラ
Hiraganaてら
* This is a phonetic conversion, not a translation.
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Terra in sign language

Terra in binary language

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Origin and meaning of name Terra

US English
Etymology src :
  • From Latin Terra (“goddess of the earth; the Earth itself”).
Etymology src :
  • Borrowed from Latin terra. Doublet of terrier.
Anagrams src :
  • Arter, arrêt, arter, rater, retar, tarre
Noun src :
  • terra (plural terras or terrae)
  • A continent or large landmass, e.g. Arabia Terra or Aphrodite Terra.
  • A Lunar highland or mountainous region with a relatively high albedo, e.g. Terra Nivium.
Pronunciation src :
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈtɛɹə/
  • Rhymes: -ɛɹə
  • Homophone: terror (non-rhotic accents)
Proper noun (Derived terms) src :
Proper noun (See also) src :
  • terrestrial, extraterrestrial
  • ♁, 🜨
Proper noun (Synonyms) src :
Proper noun (Usage notes) src :
  • In English, the usage of Terra as a name for the planet Earth is particularly common among science fiction writers.
  • Terra had been used for many centuries in the scientific community due to the use of Latin as the international science tongue. It is a common misconception that “Terra” is the internationally-recognized scientific name of the planet, but in reality Earth does not have an official international name. The standard English name of the planet, including in science, is “Earth”.
FR French
Anagrams src :
  • arrêt, errât, rater
Verb src :
  • terra
  • third-person singular past historic of terrer
General
Etymology src :
  • From terra (“earth”), to distinguish the goddess or planet from its other senses.
Pronunciation src :
  • Homophone: terra
  • Hyphenation: Ter‧ra
Proper noun src :
  • Terra
  • (Roman mythology) The Roman earth goddess, equivalent in the interpretatio graeca to Gaea.
  • (astronomy) The planet Earth.
  • A female given name.
PT Portuguese
Etymology src :
Etymology src :
  • From Old Galician-Portuguese terra, from Latin terra.
Etymology (Noun) src :
  • terra f (plural terras)
  • land; region; territory (area associated with something)
  • ground (the surface of the Earth outside buildings)
  • land; property (partitioned and measurable area owned by someone)
  • (sailing) land; dry land; ground (places outside a body of water)
  • earth; soil (mixture of sand and organic material found on the ground)
  • land; homeland
Etymology (Proper noun) src :
  • terra f
  • Alternative letter-case form of Terra
Etymology (Verb) src :
  • terra
  • inflection of terrar:
  • third-person singular present indicative
  • second-person singular imperative
Pronunciation src :
  • (Northeast Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈtɛ.ha/
  • Hyphenation: ter‧ra
Galician
Etymology src :
  • From Old Galician-Portuguese terra, from Latin terra. Cognate with Portuguese terra, Catalan terra, and Spanish tierra.
Noun src :
  • terra f (plural terras)
  • soil, earth
  • land, country
  • (in the plural) real estate possesions or heritage
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /ˈtɛra̝/
Proper noun src :
Noun (Related terms) src :
  • soterrar
  • terreo
  • territorio
Latin
Etymology src :
  • From Proto-Italic *terzā, from Proto-Indo-European *ters-eh₂, from *ters- (“dry”).
  • Cognate with torreō, Ancient Greek τέρσομαι (térsomai), Old Irish tír, Sanskrit तृष्यति (tṛ́ṣyati), Old English þurst (English thirst). Compare the semantics of Ancient Greek χέρσος (khérsos).
Anagrams src :
  • errat
Pronunciation src :
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈter.ra/, [ˈt̪ɛrːä]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈter.ra/, [ˈt̪ɛrːä]
Proper noun src :
  • Terra f sg (genitive Terrae); first declension
  • (Roman mythology) Terra (goddess of the Earth)
  • (New Latin, astronomy) the Earth (planet)
Noun (Declension) src :
  • First-declension noun.
Noun (Usage notes) src :
  • The use of terra to describe the globe as a heavenly body was already established in antiquity, but in New Latin, as the Earth became more indistinguishable from other planets, it gradually came to be treated as a proper noun (see Terra). The English Earth underwent this same transition.
Proper noun (Declension) src :
  • First-declension noun, singular only.
IT Italian
Etymology src :
  • From terra (“land”).
Etymology src :
  • From Latin terra, from Proto-Italic *terzā, from Proto-Indo-European *ters-eh₂, from *ters- (“dry”).
Etymology src :
  • From Terra (“Earth”).
Etymology (Noun) src :
  • terra f (plural terre)
  • ground
  • (colloquial, atechnical synonym of suolo (“terreno”, “soil”)) soil
  • Synonyms: suolo, terreno
Etymology (Noun) src :
  • terra f (plural terre)
  • (colloquial, astronomy, by extension of Terra) planet
  • Synonym: pianeta
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /ˈtɛr.ra/
  • Homophone: terra
  • Rhymes: -ɛrra
  • Hyphenation: Tèr‧ra
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /ˈtɛr.ra/
  • Rhymes: -ɛrra
  • Hyphenation: tèr‧ra
Proper noun src :
  • Terra f
  • (astronomy) Earth
  • (astrology) the astrological element Earth that comprises the three earth signs (Toro, Vergine and Capricorno)
 

Popularity of the name Terra

Number of TERRA births per year

Total births of Terra by country

Births with the first name Terra
Country
Boys
Girls
USUnited State of America
1880 - 2022
0
11,787
ONOntario
1913 - 2019
0
486
BCBritish Columbia
1919 - 2022
0
185
ABAlberta
1980 - 2022
0
175
QCQuebec
1980 - 2022
0
19
DEGermany
2000 - 2022
0
7
GBUnited Kingdom
1996 - 2021
0
6
ARArgentina
1922 - 2015
3
0
AUAustralia
1930 - 2022
0
2
ITItaly
1999 - 2021
0
2
CZCzechoslovakia
1900 - 2016
0
1
DKDenmark
1985 - 2022
0
1

Total births of Terra by country (last available year)

Births with the first name Terra
Country
Boys
Girls
USUnited State of America
2022
0
23
GBUnited Kingdom
2021
0
3
DEGermany
2022
0
1

Comments on the name Terra

Personalities with the first name Terra

There is 1 personality with the first name Terra


Terra Naomi
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Film Actors and Actresses with the first name Terra

There are 100 actors and actresses with the first name Terra
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Terra Vandergaw
Terra Perry
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There are more than 30 actors and actresses with the first name Terra
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Rankings of first name TERRA by country

Country ranking (boys)
RankCountryYear
No ranking of first name TERRA (male) births over the last year available in each country
Country ranking (girls)
RankCountryYear
#2805US United State of America2022
#6834GB United Kingdom2021
#10950DE Germany2022