Hether

given name · Latin script

Meaning: Obsolete spelling of heather

A female name· listed as female by the registers that count names by sex

(measured from records)Officially recorded in 9 countries · latest register: Guyana, 2025

/eteɾ/(machine-generated) Spanish · model-generated · uncertain

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Hether is a female given name written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United States.

  • USUnited States
  • AUAustralia
  • CACanada

Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

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Meaning & origin

(measured from records)

Obsolete spelling of heather.

Cited for this meaning 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Where in the world

(measured from records)

Recorded in:

No national register we accept counts this name’s bearers, so the page lists where it is found and publishes no figure.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

How to address them

(machine-generated)
InformalHi Hether,

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Evidence

(measured from records)

16 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 9 countries.

Official registers attesting Hether
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex2020414#23,505
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020129#135,344
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000128#124,109
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010122#137,327
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)197726—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)197324—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)197520—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)197420—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)197020—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)197918—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)197118—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)198417—

Reference works 2

  • The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Hether mean, and where does it come from?
Obsolete spelling of heather. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
What are other forms of the name Hether?
In the etymology graph, Heather, Helder and Hither are forms of the same name in other languages.
How do you pronounce Hether?
In Spanish /eteɾ/. Transcriptions are machine-generated except where a dictionary is named.
Is Hether a male or female name?
Hether is a female name. National registers that list it by sex list it as female: United States (Census Bureau, 2020).
In which country does Hether have the most bearers?
Hether is most frequently recorded in the United States.

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About this data

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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Hether”. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.

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