Alethea - name meaning and origin

The girl's name Alethea \a-le-thea\ is pronounced ah-lee-THEE-ah. It is of Greek origin, and its meaning is "verity, truth". A learned coinage, not found before the 16th century. Mythology: goddess of truth. See also Althea.

Alethea has 14 variant forms: Alathea, Alathia, Aleethia, Aleta, Aletea, Aletha, Alethia, Aletia, Aletta, Alette, Alithea, Alithia, Elethea and Elithia.

For more information, see also the related name Olethea.

Baby names that sound like Alethea are Alitheea, Aleetheea, Altha, Elthea, Althia, Althaea and Oletha.

Alethea is a popular female first name and a very rare surname (source: 1990 U.S. Census). Displayed below is the baby name popularity trend for the girl's name Alethea. Compare Alethea with related baby names.