Alethea
A girls’ name of Greek origin, meaning truth, truthfulness.
Babies a year
9
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#2788
9 babies
Alethea by the numbers
In 2025, 9 babies in England and Wales were named Alethea. In the US, 50 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
It is used at about the same rate on both sides of the Atlantic.
Its American peak was 322 babies in 1973, so it is a 1970s name that has since fallen a long way.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Alethea. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean truth
Like Alethea, each of these has truth in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Verafaith; or from latin for truth1,153 in the US (2017)
- Justicejustice; fairness; virtue name1,100 in the US (2017)
- Veronicatrue image or true likeness817 in the US (2017)
- Aminahtrustworthy, honest, peaceful81 in England and Wales (2025)
- Amenso be it; truth; certainty131 in the US (2017)
- Justycejustice, fairness; a respelling of Justice with archaic -yce ending118 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Alethea
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