Hertha
Hertha (also Herta ) is a female given name .
Origin and meaning
The first name, which appeared in Germany towards the end of the 19th century, was probably due to the fact that the name of the Germanic deity Nerthus , about which Tacitus reports, was misread.
popularity
In the first two decades of the 20th century, the name Herta (Hertha) was often among the ten most frequently given girl names of the respective year in Germany. Its popularity declined sharply from the mid-thirties, and since the late forties only a few girls have been called Herta.
Well-known namesake
- Hertha Marks Ayrton (1854–1923), English mathematician and electrical engineer
- Hertha Bucher (1898–1960), German-Austrian ceramicist
- Herta Classen (1913–1986), German journalist
- Herta Däubler-Gmelin (* 1943), German politician and Federal Minister
- Hertha Feiler (1916–1970), Austrian actress, second wife of Heinz Rühmann
- Hertha Firnberg (1909–1994), Austrian politician
- Herta Flor (* 1954), German neuropsychologist
- Herta Graf (1911–1996), German writer
- Herta Günther (1934–2018), German painter and graphic artist
- Hertha Hafer (1913–2007), German pharmacist and pharmacist
- Herta Hammerbacher (1900–1985), German landscape architect
- Herta Herzog (1910–2010), Austrian-American social psychologist and communication scientist
- Herta Heuwer (1913–1999), inventor of the Berlin currywurst
- Hertha Jugl-Jennewein (1920–1997), Austrian painter and journalist
- Hertha Kräftner (1928–1951), Austrian writer
- Herta Kravina (1926–2015), Austrian actress and voice actress
- Herta Lindner (1920–1943), anti-fascist resistance fighter
- Hertha Martin (1940–), Austrian actress
- Herta Meyer-Riekenberg (1910–1984), German trade unionist
- Herta Müller (* 1953), German writer, winner of the 2009 Nobel Prize for Literature
- Hertha Nathorff (1895–1993), German pediatrician
- Hertha Pauli (1906–1973), Austrian actress, author and journalist
- Hertha Richter-Appelt (* 1949), psychologist and sex researcher
- Hertha Sponer (1895–1968), German physicist
- Herta Saal (1912–1964), German actress
- Herta Staal (* 1930), Austrian film actress and singer
- Herta Talmar (1920–2010), Austrian operetta singer (soprano) and actress
- Hertha Thiele (1908–1984), German actress
- Hertha Vogel-Voll (1898–1975), German playwright and book author
- Herta Ware (1917–2005), American actress and theater principal
- Herta Zerna (1907–1988), German journalist, writer and resistance fighter against National Socialism
See also
Web links
Wiktionary: Hertha - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations
Remarks
- ↑ Rosa Kohlheim, Volker Kohlheim: Duden, The large first name dictionary. 3. Edition. Dudenverlag, Mannheim a. a. 2007, ISBN 978-3-411-06083-2 , "Herta", p. 202
- ^ Walter Burkart: New lexicon of first names. Lübbe, Bergisch Gladbach 1993, ISBN 3-404-60343-5 (licensed edition), “Herta”, p. 193
- ↑ Statistics on "Popular first names"