Thea

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled T. in HR Croatia, FI Finland, SI Slovenia and 1 more, Თეა in GE Georgia, Théa in FR France and Теа in MK North Macedonia.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 18 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Thea is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• French given name62K records spelled Thea12 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, Philippines, United States, Brazil

  Languages: French, Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written Théa, Thèa, Thêã, Theà, Théá

• Indonesian given name8.8K records spelled Thea8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Indonesia, Philippines, United States, Malaysia

  Languages: Indonesian, Malay

  Also written The'A, T'Hea, 'Thea, Thèa, Theá

• a separate given name3.9K records spelled Thea2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Norway, India

  Also written Théa

• a separate given name1.2K records spelled Thea7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Norway, United States, Sweden, United Kingdom

  Also written Théa, Thëā, Thèä, Théä, Thếà

59 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Thea is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• Shortened form of Dorothea. Thecla ° Contracted form of the Greek name Theokleia, derived from theos ‘God’ + kleia ‘glory’. The name was borne by a Ist-century saint (the first female martyr), who was particularly popular in the Middle Ages because of the lurid details of her suffering recorded in the apocryphal ‘Acts of Paul and Thecla’.

  as a name·A concise dictionary of first names

• In English, A female given name from Ancient Greek (rather rare in English).

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Swedish, Thea är ursprungligen en smekform till → Dorotea, → Theodora och → Teresia. Namnet har varit populärt de senaste årtiondena. I den rikssvenska almanackan 23 september och i den finlandssvenska 6 februari.

  as a name·Förnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon

• In Greek, From Alethea Althea Anthea

  as a name·Baby names, 25,350 baby names nicknames for your family, friends pets, including the top 100 names, 2,000 most popular…

• English: short form of DOROTHEA , now to some extent used as an independent given name.

  as a word

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 144 years between 1880–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Cleopatra Theab. 164EGqueen of Seleucid Empire (c. 164–121 BCE)
• Thea von Harboub. 1888DEGerman screenwriter (1888–1954)
• Thea Leitnerb. 1921ATAustrian writer (1921–2016)
• Thea Gillb. 1970CACanadian actress
• Thea Sharrockb. 1976GBBritish director
• Alexis Texasb. 1985USnot in their usual nameAmerican pornographic actress (b. 1985)
• Thea Trinidadb. 1990USAmerican professional wrestler
• Thea Garrettb. 1992MTsinger
• Thea LaFondb. 1994DMDominica triple jumper (born 1994)
• Thea Sofie Loch Næssb. 1996NONorwegian actor

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 817 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Thea?

We estimate roughly 84 thousand people bear Thea (counting its spellings and scripts) across 15 countries in our records.

In which country does Thea have the most bearers?

We estimate about 19 thousand people bear Thea in Georgia, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled თეა.

Where is Thea most common?

Thea is densest in Georgia, where the national register counts about 1 in 214 people carrying it.

How common is Thea compared with other names?

In Georgia, Thea is the 109th most common given name of 34,237 given names recorded there.

Is Thea a male or female name?

Thea is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Thea mean?

Recorded meaning: Greek; from Alethea, Althea, Anthea, Dorothy, or Theodora; also a nickname.