Names That Mean Earth
Names built on a recorded earth root — George and its forms (Greek geōrgós, 'earth worker'), Adam from the Hebrew for earth, Gaia the earth itself.
| Save name | Name & meaning | History 1926–2025, yearly counts; individually scaled | Babies 2025 · rank | 5-year rank movement | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
geōrgós — “farmer, earth worker” | 2,848#126 | Up 6 rank positions in five years | 1921 | ||
adam — “earth, man, soil, light brown” | 3,501#101 | Down 4 rank positions in five years | 1984 | ||
adam — “earth, man, soil, light brown” via Adam | 2,971#84 | Down 37 rank positions in five years | 2007 | ||
Dēmḗtrios — “belonging to Δημήτηρ (Dēmḗtēr), the earth goddess” | 164#1,229 | Down 373 rank positions in five years | 1991 | ||
geōrgós — “farmer, earth worker” via George | 410#689 | Up 616 rank positions in five years | 2024 | ||
Terra — “goddess of the earth; the land itself” | 74#2,434 | Down 195 rank positions in five years | 1980 | ||
geōrgós — “farmer, earth worker” via George | 162#1,361 | Up 865 rank positions in five years | 1925 | ||
avani — “earth” | 339#806 | Up 236 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Gaîă — “Gaea, the Earth personified as a goddess” | 157#1,392 | Up 9 rank positions in five years | 2023 | ||
adam — “earth, man, soil, light brown” via Adam | 11#7,199 | Down 1,496 rank positions in five years | 2017 | ||
adam — “earth, man, soil, light brown” via Adam | —Unranked | — | 2007 | ||
geōrgós — “farmer, earth worker” via George | 5#12,658 | new | 1961 | ||
geōrgós — “farmer, earth worker” via George | —Unranked | — | 2015 |
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Every name here has a documented root whose literal meaning matches this theme. Each name’s subtitle gives its documented root and meaning. Where it says "via", the name is a recorded form of another name (Maggie of Margaret) and the meaning is the base name's. Roots are extracted from etymologies on Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0). Ranks come from official birth card-application data; "—" means fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, a genuinely rare pick rather than an invalid one. The dot marks whether the stats shown are for the girls' or boys' use of the name.