Thea

Where Thea comes from

Shortened from Dorothea and Theodora, ultimately from Ancient Greek θεά (theá, “goddess”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Thea
  • Ancient Greek
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #738 among girls — 6 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1888
    Thea von Harbou born
    German screenwriter
  3. 1994
    Thea LaFond born
    Dominica triple jumper
  4. 2017
    Peak, #268
    1,193 babies named Thea — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Ancient Greek (rather rare in English).
Namesakes
  • Thea von Harbou · German screenwriter, 1888–1954
  • Thea LaFond · Dominica triple jumper, born 1994
  • Thea Garrett · singer, born 1992
  • Thea Louise Stjernesund · Norwegian female alpine skier, born 1996
  • Thea Gill · Canadian actress, born 1970

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.