Does anyone know who first named our planet "earth"?

Wikipedia to the rescue!

“The first photograph ever taken of an “Earthrise,” on Apollo 8.

The name Earth was derived from the Anglo-Saxon word erda, which means ground or soil. It became eorthe in Old English, then erthe in Middle English.[126]”

(See the sources references at that link)

Random factoid: write EARTH repeatedly in a circle and looks like HEART written repeatedly in a circle.

Harvey Blankenship of Middlesex. It was for a “name this planet” contest at his local pub.
Oh! He won a pint of ale and a goat.

AC, you make me happy.

<—-is envious of Harvey Blankenship & AC, too!

And here is the goat; http://www.craigslist.org/about/best/flg/631354274.html

Lefteh and BtB; be careful of what you wish for. :-)

Actually, a little known (at least by english speakers, I don’t know how it is with non-english speakers) name for our planet is Gaea. Gaea is not technically a god but she is a titan. I believe she is Zeus/Jupiter’s mother. :)

gail, you made me laugh out loud! Point well made.