Terra

Where Terra comes from

From Latin Terra (“goddess of the earth; the land itself”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Terra
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1940
    First appearance
    #4,349 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1979
    Terra Naomi born
    American musician
  3. 1980
    Peak, #379
    604 babies named Terra — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1990
    Terra Findlay born
    figure skater
  5. 1992
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #744.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name.
Namesakes
  • Terra Naomi · American musician, born 1979
  • Terra Findlay · figure skater, born 1990
  • Terra Vnesa · actress, born 1984

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.