Hertha

Gender：
Pronounced： [ HER-tah ]
Popularity：
Usage：German

Meaning & History：

Form of NERTHUS. The spelling change from N to H resulted from a misreading of Tacitus's text.

Latinized form of Nerþuz, the Germanic (feminine) equivalent of Njörðr (see NJORD). Nerthus was a Germanic goddess of fertility as described by the Roman historian Tacitus in the 1st century.

NJORD male Norse Mythology, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish

From Old Norse Njörðr, which was possibly derived from the Indo-European root *ner meaning "strong, vigourous". Njord was the Norse god of the sea, sailing, fishing and fertility. With his children Freyr and Freya he was a member of the Vanir.

Names related to Hertha：

EQUIVALENTS

GERMAN: Herta

GERMANIC MYTHOLOGY: Nerthus

MASCULINE FORMS

DANISH: Njord

NORSE MYTHOLOGY: Njord, Njörðr

NORWEGIAN: Njord

SWEDISH: Njord