Hertha

== English == === Etymology === From German Hertha (see that entry for more). === Proper noun === Hertha A female given name from the Germanic languages occasionally borrowed from German around 1900. Hertha Ayrton ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === hearth == Danish == === Etymology === From German Hertha. === Proper noun === Hertha a female given name == German == === Alternative forms === Herta === Etymology === Invented in 19th-century Germany from a misreading of Nerthus, name of a goddess in Germania (98 BCE) by Roman senator Tacitus. Nerthus is a Latinized form from a Proto-Germanic *Nerþuz, apparently cognate to Old Norse Njǫrðr. === Pronunciation === === Proper noun === Hertha a female given name, popular at the turn of the 20th century