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Tierra

Tierra: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“earth, land”
Origin
Spanish
Say it
tee-AIR-uh · 3 syllables
Used for
Girls

Directly from Spanish tierra, meaning earth or land. It has also been used in the United States as a modern given name inspired by the word.

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How popular is Tierra?

20249.0 per million US babies
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Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Tierra in 202430

2024 rank#4,577 girls

Peak year1993

Total US babies since 188014,988

Tierra is fading: recent use is about 36% of its level ten years before.

Names like Tierra

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Jadestone of the side · Spanish
  • Savannahtreeless plain · Spanish
  • Catalinapure · Spanish
  • Amayamother city · Spanish
  • Ximenameaning uncertain · Spanish
  • Aitanafrom the Aitana mountain · Spanish
  • Lolasorrows · Spanish
  • Amoralove · Spanish

Tierra questions

What does the name Tierra mean?

Tierra means "earth, land". It comes from Spanish. Directly from Spanish tierra, meaning earth or land. It has also been used in the United States as a modern given name inspired by the word.

Is Tierra a boy or girl name?

Tierra is mainly a girl's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Tierra?

30 US babies were named Tierra in 2024. Its peak year was 1993.

How do you pronounce Tierra?

Tierra is usually pronounced tee-AIR-uh.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.