The baby name Heth is a Male name , 1 syllables long and is pronounced /hɛθ/ (HETH).
Heth is Hebrew in Origin.
The baby name Heth is a Male name , 1 syllables long and is pronounced /hɛθ/ (HETH).
Heth is Hebrew in Origin.
Heth is a masculine name from Hebrew Het/Heth, borne in the Hebrew Bible by a son of Canaan and eponymous ancestor of the "children of Heth," the Hittites attested around Hebron (Genesis 10:15; 23). In older English Bibles and grammars, Heth is also the conventional name of the eighth Hebrew letter, now commonly transliterated Het or Chet, reflecting the guttural initial sound.
Its meaning is debated: some derive it from a Semitic root connoting terror or dread, while others link it simply to the ethnonym/land of Hatti; thus "fearsome" or "Hittite" are plausible readings. As a given name Heth has always been rare, appearing only sporadically in English-speaking records and in modern, deliberately archaic or Hebraic choices. Variants and spellings include Heth, Chet, Het, and Cheth. Sound-alike Heath is unrelated, coming from Old English for heathered moorland.
Heth is extremely rare. There are only 13 recorded uses on record, spread over 10 countries.
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AO | Boys | 0 | #249 | 1 | 5,568 |
| QA | Girls | 0 | #343 | 1 | 15,378 |
| YE | 0 | #398 | 1 | 8,639 | |
| PT | Girls | 0 | #471 | 1 | 7,952 |
| BH | 0 | #587 | 1 | 17,937 | |
| IN | Girls | 0 | #654 | 1 | 13,121 |
| TN | 0 | #865 | 1 | 13,765 | |
| IN | Boys | 0 | #1,038 | 2 | 16,750 |
| DZ | 0 | #1,234 | 1 | 20,130 | |
| TR | 0 | #1,254 | 1 | 19,440 | |
| SA | Boys | 0 | #1,690 | 2 | 28,008 |
Heth is popular in 10 countries — most recent births per country:
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