🔥Althea

Greek

"with healing power"

Althea Origin and Meaning

Variation of Thea

Althea Rank in US Top 1000

# 887 in the US

Althea Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 309 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Althea

• 309 Nameberry 2025
• 396 Unique 2024
• 979 Future 2028

20 Names Similar to Althea

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• Cressida
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• Isadora
• Rowena
• Thalia
• Odessa
• Guinevere
• Seraphina
• Cosima
• Alethea
• Seraphine
• Oriana
• Callista
• Selene
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Famous People Named Althea

• Althea Gibson American tennis player
• Althea Harper American fashion designer & former "Project Runway" contestant
• Althea Rae Janairo birth name of Tia Carrere, American actress
• Althea Flynt American wife and co,publisher of Hustler founder Larry Flynt
• Althea Gyles (born Margaret Alethea Gyles) Irish poet
• Althea Isabelle Sophie de Ligne de la Trémoïlle (b. 2010) daughter of actress Isabella Orsini & Prince Edouard de Ligne

The name Althea in Pop Culture

• Althea Gellar Ross and Monica's grandmother on TV's 'Friends'
• Althea Tibbs Virgil's wife on TV's 'In the Heat of the Night'
• Althea main character in 'The Last Year' series by Trisha Leigh
• Althea Carter main character in "Althea and Oliver" by Cristina Morocco
• Greek althaea = 'marsh mallow' i.e. the bushy shrub which is noted for its healing powers. The Greek word derives from the verb althein 'to heal'.
• 'To Althea from Prison," poem by Richard Lovelace
• 'Althea ' song by the Grateful Dead
• Althea a character who appeared in "Hollow City", the second installment of Ransom Riggs' "Peculiar Children" series
• Althea a character on "Fear the Walking Dead"