Updated June 9, 2019

Girl name origins & meanings

  • Latin : Earth

Girl name variations

Terry
Tera

How Popular Is The Name Terra

Family name origins & meanings

  • Catalan and Portuguese : habitational name from any of the places called Terra either in Portugal or Catalonia, or topographic name from terra ‘earth’, ‘homeland’ (Latin terra); among immigrants from Madeira, possibly a translation of Dutch Aard.

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