Meaning: Its source is a Spanish expression meaning "Earth."

Alternative Spellings: Tiera, Tiéra, Tiérra, Tierre and Tiyaira

Variant Forms: Tierrea and Tierria

Popularity: The name Tierra ranked 705th in popularity for females of all ages in a sample of 2000-2003 Social Security Administration statistics and 1666th in popularity for females of all ages in a sample of the 1990 US Census.

Though this name appears on the 1990 U.S. Census lists, it is used by only a small percentage of the general population.