Terra

Where Terra comes from

From Latin Terra (“goddess of the earth; the land itself”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Terra
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Terra through the years
  1. 1940
    First appearance
    #4,349 among girls with 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, the most in any year.
  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.