Thea
Usage of Thea in different languages / cultures
The list below was created by gathering names from various sources for different languages, and then matching Thea against each list of names.
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Note: In some cases it is possible for the check mark to be missing even if Thea is used in a particular country, as almost no source name list has 100% coverage.
Featured in baby name books
Thea is a Greek name meaning “goddess,” and in mythology she gave birth to the sun, the moon, and the dawn. Thea can also be a short version of Althea, “healing power,” or Dorothea, “God’s gift.”
Thea in official name statistics
United States
In 2025, 867 girls were named Thea, making it the #353 girls' name in the US. Since 1880, 20,113 girls have been named Thea, with the most (1,209) in 2018. It is most common, relative to births, in Washington, D.C., Nebraska and Maine.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2025. Names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year are not listed.
Other countries
Counts are babies born that year, or living people for "all ages" rows, as published by each country's statistics office or population register.
Thea in other languages
- Tea Georgian, Italian, Slovenian
Thea name days
- April 26 Norway
Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Towns named Thea
There are 196 towns and villages with Thea in their name, in 5 countries.
🇲🇲 Myanmar 190🇬🇷 Greece 3🇦🇷 Argentina 1🇰🇭 Cambodia 1🇺🇸 United States 1
| Name | Where | Population | |
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| Théa | Attica, 🇬🇷 Greece | 34 | Map |
| Ban Thea | Tanintharyi Region, 🇲🇲 Myanmar | – | Map |
| Daw Thea | Kayah State, 🇲🇲 Myanmar | – | Map |
| Daw Thea | Kayah State, 🇲🇲 Myanmar | – | Map |
| Gway Thea | Bago Region, 🇲🇲 Myanmar | – | Map |
| Kalí Théa | Attica, 🇬🇷 Greece | – | Map |
| Kun Thea | Mon, 🇲🇲 Myanmar | – | Map |
| Ma Thea | Mandalay Region, 🇲🇲 Myanmar | – | Map |
| Man Thea | Kachin State, 🇲🇲 Myanmar | – | Map |
| Me Thea | Kayin State, 🇲🇲 Myanmar | – | Map |
Source: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Maps: OpenStreetMap.
Celebrities named Thea
Based on celebrities listed on Wikipedia, filtered to only those with the first name Thea.
Thea Beckman
Thea Gill
Thea Muldoon
Thea Trinidad
Fictional characters named Thea
Characters from films and TV series, from Wikidata, ordered by how widely they are covered on Wikipedia.
Character data: Wikidata (CC0). Images: Wikimedia Commons; click an image for its author and licence.
Thea as a pet name
FurryName has found 85 dogs named Thea in public pet registers, making it the #1,612 dog name there. Most of them are registered in Tacoma (2), Laval (2), Richmond (1). Thea as a dog name →
FurryName has found 5 cats named Thea in public pet registers, making it the #2,037 cat name there. Most of them are registered in Seattle (4), Toronto (1). Thea as a cat name →
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