Eartha

Where Eartha comes from

19th-century coinage from earth + -a. Best known for the American singer Eartha Kitt.
— Wiktionary's entry for Eartha
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1905
    First appearance
    #1,931 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1927
    Eartha Kitt born
    American singer and actress
  3. 1939
    Peak, #818
    71 babies named Eartha — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1964
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #2,071.
  5. 1999
    Eartha Cumings born
    Scottish association football player
In the dictionary
  • A female given name originating as a coinage.
Namesakes
  • Eartha Kitt · American singer and actress, 1927–2008
  • Eartha Cumings · Scottish association football player, born 1999
  • Eartha · singer, songwriter, musician
  • Eartha Pond · English footballer, born 1983

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.