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What do you think of this dusty German name? It bothered me for a while that it arose from a misreading of Nerthus in Tacitus's Germania, but now I find its origin charmingly quirky, so I'm quite taken with the name. Also, I searched for it on Wikipedia and discovered some cool namesakes: Hertha Ayrton (a polymathic scientist and suffragette who changed her name to Hertha to honor the eponymous heroine of a Swinburne poem against organized religion), Hertha Feist (a German expressionist dancer), and several actresses and scientists.

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Because I'm not German, I'm inclined to pronounce it like HUR-tha, which I'm sure most people will hate, but I find it nurturing (because of it's evocation of the hearth).

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Combos!

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Hertha Rosemary
Hertha Caroline
Hertha Amy (honoring)
Hertha Cecilia/Cecile
Hertha Cecily
Hertha Eulalia/Eulalie
Hertha Euphemia
Hertha Eugenia/Eugenie
Hertha Celestina/Celestine
Hertha Celeste
Hertha Daphne
Hertha Rosamund
Hertha Rosalind
Hertha Niobe
Hertha Nimue
Hertha Irene
Hertha Imogen (another classic misspelling!)
Hertha Daisy
Hertha Primula
Hertha Constance
Hertha Cosima
Hertha Delphine
Hertha Sibyl
Hertha Clotilde
Hertha Matilde
Hertha Roxane
Hertha Rosalie
Hertha Lois
Hertha Louisa
Hertha Angelica
Hertha Primrose
Hertha Emily/Emilie
Hertha Betony
Hertha Maud(e)
Hertha Magdalena
Hertha Ilinca

This message was edited 3/28/2024, 9:42 AM