Thalia

Where Thalia comes from

From Ancient Greek Θαλία (Thalía) or Θάλεια (Tháleia); from Ancient Greek θάλλω (thállō, “flourish, to be verdant”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Thalia
  • Ancient Greek
  • 3 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1871
    Thalia Flora-Karavia born
    Greek painter
  2. 1885
    First appearance
    #1,047 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1982
    Thalia Munro born
    American water polo player
  4. 1993
    Peak, #363
    700 babies named Thalia — more than any year before or since.
  5. 1994
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #640.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Ancient Greek.
Namesakes
  • Thalia Flora-Karavia · Greek painter, 1871–1960
  • Thalia Munro · American water polo player, born 1982
  • Thalia Zedek · American musician, born 1961
  • Thalia Ivanka Elizabeth · Indonesian singer, born 1999
  • Thalia Assuras · Canadian television journalist, news anchor, and media consultant, born 1957

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.