🔥Althea

Greek

"with healing power"

Althea Origin and Meaning

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

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.

Althea Rank in US Top 1000

# 887 in the US

Althea Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 248 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Althea

• 248 Nameberry 2025
• 373 Unique 2023
• 979 Future 2028

20 Names Similar to Althea

These 20 names were selected by our users that were looking for other names like Althea.

• Ariadne
• Cressida
• Cassia
• Isolde
• Calliope
• Isadora
• Rowena
• Thalia
• Odessa
• Guinevere
• Seraphina
• Cosima
• Alethea
• Seraphine
• Oriana
• Callista
• Selene
• Amaryllis
• Rhiannon
• Lavinia

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"