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The name Althea peaked for boys at #4366 in 1924. Althea is occasionally used for girls in 2024.

The name Althea is a girl's name of Greek origin meaning "with healing power".

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Althea is a poetic, almost ethereal name found in Greek myth and pastoral poetry, associated in modern times with the great tennis player Althea Gibson, the first African-American to win at Wimbledon. 
 
Althea appears in Greek mythology as the mother of the hero Meleager and was revived by the seventeenth-century poet Richard Lovelace as a poetic pseudonym for his beloved.
 
These days, parents would also appreciate the short form Thea.
 
Althea is the most common girl name in the Philippines.

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The name Althea is currently ranked #887 in U.S. births. and peaked for girls at #356 in 1920. It is currently rising in popularity. The name is most popular in ALTHEA, ALTHEA, and ALTHEA. Althea is occasionally used for boys in 1924.

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