Rhea

Where Rhea comes from

From Ancient Greek Ῥέα (Rhéa).
— Wiktionary's entry for Rhea
  • Ancient Greek
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1882
    First appearance
    #740 among girls, 7 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1893
    Peak, #360
    56 babies named Rhea — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1948
    Rhea Perlman born
    American actress
  4. 1992
    Rhea Chakraborty born
    murderer of Sushant Singh rajput
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Ancient Greek in occasional use.
Namesakes
  • Rhea Perlman · American actress, born 1948
  • Rhea Chakraborty · murderer of Sushant Singh rajput, born 1992
  • Rhea Kapoor · Indian film producer, born 1987
  • Rhea Mitchell · American actress, 1890–1957
  • Rhea Sharma · Indian actress, born 1995

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.