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Tertia
Say it: TUR-shee-uh
Meaning
Latin for 'third', used for a third daughter.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Roman women were often distinguished by birth order, and Tertia occurs often in Roman records.
Its wave through time
Rare in the records
In the United States
- 10 babies given this name since 1971
- At its height in 1971, about 1 in 332,700 girls
- Fewer than 5 babies a year in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
Famous bearers
- Aemilia Tertia, wife of Scipio Africanus
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Where this comes from
- Roman literature and history (Livy, Cicero, Tacitus and others)
- Roman inscriptions and tombstones
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.