Thea
2025 SSA
Below 5 births
About Thea
Succinct and stylish, sweet but vivacious, multicultural and versatile, Thea has a lot going for it. A Top 100 choice in Sweden, France, Norway, New Zealand, and the UK, it is also familiar in Czechia, Germany, Belgium, and Denmark.
There are a number of ways you can look at Thea, one being as a diminutive of names ending (or starting) with thea. As such, it could come from Dorothea or Theodora ("gift of god"), Theresa ("harvest"), Althea ("healing"), Anthea ("flower"), Alethea ("truth"), Mathea ("gift of Yahweh"), Theano ("goddess"), or Timothea ("honoring god").
Alternatively, you could consider it an Anglicized spelling of Theia, Titan of goddess of light, sight, and glory, and the mother of the moon. She was the consort of Hyperion, and the mother of Helios, Selene, and Eos.
Pronounced as THEE-uh, TEH-ah, and THAY-uh, depending on preference and language, Thea recently ranked in the US Top 400, alongside Elora, Ariel, and Aylin.
Thea is also given to boys.
Pronounced THAY-uh.
As of October 2026, Thea ranked #353 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #268 in 2017, Nameberry popularity #48.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · girls | Births · girls | US rank · boys | Births · boys |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #770 | 364 | — | 0 |
| 2015 | #464 | 688 | — | 0 |
| 2016 | #291 | 1,121 | — | 0 |
| 2017 | #268 | 1,192 | — | 0 |
| 2018 | #273 | 1,208 | — | 0 |
| 2019 | #293 | 1,142 | — | 0 |
| 2020 | #304 | 1,069 | — | 0 |
| 2021 | #314 | 1,033 | — | 0 |
| 2022 | #300 | 1,065 | — | 0 |
| 2023 | #321 | 973 | — | 0 |
| 2024 | #348 | 893 | — | 0 |
| 2025 | #353 | 867 | — | 0 |
World rankings
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Thea on lists
Famous Theas
- Bertha "Thea" BowmanGirl
American Catholic sister
- Thea VidaleGirl
American actress/comedienne
- Thea Louise GillGirl
Canadian actress
- Thea Gregory (born Iva Reddish)Girl
English actress
- Thea Eve GilmoreGirl
English singer,songwriter
- Thea Dale MuldoonGirl
First Lady of New Zealand as wife of P.M. Robert Muldoon
- Thea Megan TrinidadGirl
American pro wrestler
- Dorothea Jessie "Thea" StabellGirl
Norwegian actress
- Dorothea Noelle Naomi "Thea" PorterGirl
British fashion designer, an architect of Bohemian Chic
- Thea Gabriele von HarbouGirl
German actress and screenwriter
- Thea GarrettGirl
Maltese singer
- Thea Chenelle Pineda (b. 2012)Girl
daughter of singer Arnel Pineda of band Journey
- Thea Gabriel (b. 2017)Girl
daughter of Sigmar Gabriel, Vice Chancellor of Germany
- Maeve Thea RosaGirl
Daughter of YouTube family vloggers Tara and Mandi Rosa of Living Rosa
Thea in pop culture
- Thea KronborgGirl
protagonist in The Song of the Lark by Willa Cather
- Thea GalehouseGirl
main character of Hooked by Catherine Greenman
- Thea Dearden QueenGirl
sister of Oliver Queen on TV's "Arrow"
- Thea HarmanGirl
witch from L.J. Smith's Night World series
- Thea GrantGirl
character on show "Heartland"
- Thea was a main character in First LightGirl
a novel by Rebecca Stead
- Theodora "Thea" AtwellGirl
character in "The Yonahlossee Riding Camp for Girls"
- TheaGirl
a siren in Amanda Hocking's "Wake"
- TheaGirl
a character in Frank Wedekind's "Spring Awakening"
- Thea StiltonGirl
character in novels "Geronimo Stilton" and "Thea Stilton", as well as the TV series "Geronimo Stilton"
- Thea CalligarisGirl
character in novel series "The Inheritance Games"
- Thea ClayhillGirl
main character in movie “Labor Pains”