Thea: Meaning, origin and popularity

Pronounced THEE-uh · 2 syllables

Thea means “goddess”, from Greek and English.

Shortened from Dorothea and Theodora, ultimately from Ancient Greek (thea, “goddess”).

How popular is Thea?

Thea was the #353 name in the US in 2025, given to 867 babies. It’s rising: up 203% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 2010.

Babies named Thea in the US by five-year period, relative to its peak (around 2010).

Half of US adults named Thea are older than 46; most are between 20 and 75. (Estimated from US births by year and life tables.)

Names that real brothers and sisters of people named Thea have, from family records on Wikidata, most common first.

Chosen by the same families or with a similar style and era.

Thea means “goddess”. It comes from Greek and English.

Thea is pronounced THEE-uh.

Thea was the #353 name in the US in 2025, given to 867 babies. It’s rising: up 203% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 2010.

Half of US adults named Thea are older than 46. Most are between 20 and 75.