Thea - name meaning, origin

The girl's name Thea \

is pronounced THEE-ah. It is of Greek origin, and its meaning is "goddess". Short form of names like Althea, Mathea and Dorothea (Greek) "gift of God". Mythology: the Greek goddess of light; mother of the sun, moon, and dawn. Actress Téa Leoni.

Thea has 3 variant forms: Tea, Theia and Thia.

For more information, see also related names Dorothy and Timothea.

Baby names that sound like Thea are Theo, Dea, Taya, Te-, Thu, Toya and Toia.

Thea is a very common first name for women (#1371 out of 4276) but an uncommon last name for both men and women. (1990 U.S. Census)

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