Alathea
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 3 babies a year in England and Wales.
Alathea by the numbers
In 2025, 3 babies in England and Wales were named Alathea.
Its American peak was 9 babies in 2015, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Alathea
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Alathea. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Altheahealer; from althea the marshmallow plant153 in the US (2017)
- Aletheatruth, truthfulness9 in England and Wales (2025)
- Alithea3 in England and Wales (2025)
- Agathagood, virtuous, honorable46 in England and Wales (2025)
- Aletheiatruth; unconcealment9 in England and Wales (2025)
- Alahnafair, bright; a modern respelling of Alana or Alaina40 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Alathea
Names that are said the same way as Alathea, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Alethatruth; a form of Alethea6 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Alathea
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