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What does Thea mean?
Thea 
▲ as a girls' name is pronounced THEE-ah. It is of Greek origin, and the meaning of Thea 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 T�a Leoni. Also form of Dorothy. Also form of Timothea.
STARTS WITH Th-
ASSOCIATED WITH greek, goddess, gift, mythology, light, sun (star), moon, dawn
Variations
OTHER FORM VIA ALTHEA, DOROTHEA, MATHEA Elthea
CREATIVE FORMS(female)
(male)
MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Thea Reece (T.R.), ..
How popular is Thea?
Thea is a very popular first name for females (#1371 out of 4276, Top 32%) but a rare surname for all people. (2000 U.S. CENSUS)
Thea reached its peak position of #268 in the U.S. in the year 2017, and is presently at #273. (TOP BABY NAMES, 2018)
Which version is better?
Althea (#1380 LAST YEAR), Dorothea, Dorothy (#586), Tea and Theia (#1900) are the prominent alternative forms of Thea (#273). Usage of these relations of Thea was more pronounced 98 years ago (ADOPTION OF 3.18%) and has become much reduced since (ADOPTION 0.12%, 96% LESS). Dorothy is the continual favorite, although Thea appears to be gaining popularity too, while forms such as Dorothy have lost favor.
Similar Names
Thea▲ is pronounced similarly to Theo▼. Other recommended sound-alike names are Alea, Bea, Beea, Brea▼, Clea, Dea, Drea, Gaea, Klea, Lea▲, Mea, Nea, Rea, Rhea▲, Shea, Tada, Tahna, Taja, Talea, Tama, Tana▼, Tanea, Tara▼, Tasa, Tava, Taya, Te-, Teal, Teela, Teena, Teeta, Tena▼, Tera▼, Terea, Tesa, Teza, Thada, Thana, Thecla, Theda▼, Theida, Thekla, Thelma▼, Therma, Thersa, Theta, Thida, Thora, Thu, Thyra, Tia▼, Tiera▼, Tina▼, Tisa, Tita, Toia, Tola, Toma, Tona, Tora, Tova, Toya▼, Trea, Treia, Trena, Tresa, Treva▼, Treya, Treza, Tula, Tyla, Tyra▼, Tyta and Zea. These names tend to be less commonly used than Thea.
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