Does anyone know?

Allah / God named the earth..

"Earth" is a word which means the ground, the dirt, the rocks, the

things we humans walk on. Long ago, it was not known that the other

planets were like the "Earth". They also have rocks and solid ground

and mountains. But people didn't know that then. They looked like

stars, except they moved in their positions in the sky if you looked

at them night after night. So they were named after the gods. The

word "planet" comes from an old word which meant "wanderer", because

the planets wander through the constellations of stars.

Of course, the planets are much closer than the stars, but if you

see Jupiter some night, you might see it in the direction of the

star constellation Leo, while a month later it might be in the direction

of the star constellation Scorpio.

no one knows but the word earth was used back centuries ago before the word earth was known the planet was known as the world

How did the Earth get its name?

Of course, 'earth' is the name that appears for it in the english language. In swedish it is 'jorden', in spanish it is 'tierra'. The Oxford English Dictionary notes that 'earth' is derived from the Old English words 'eor(th)e' and 'ertha'. It's germanic equivalent is 'erde'. Clearly, the modern English name goes back over 1000 years.

Mr. Earth Worm.

Hello,

Apologies as i do not know,lady...

However,i'd like very much to lay down with you upon this "earth" and share erotic embraces to ecstasy for say,a day,a week,a month,a year or fifty...

Thank You

earth is Latin for dirt, which our planet appeared to be made of, so they called it dirt (earth).

from the old English and Germanic Languages

try this link the first line

http://www.nineplanets.org/earth.html

Not a clue, it's been named that since I've been around.

http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=200...

I found the same. I don't think it's known who first called it Earth.