Alithea
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 3 babies a year in England and Wales.
Alithea by the numbers
In 2025, 3 babies in England and Wales were named Alithea.
Its American peak was 11 babies in 2012, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Alithea
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 Alithea. 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)
- Alithia9 in the US (2017)
- Alathea3 in England and Wales (2025)
- Alishanoble, exalted; a form of Alicia113 in England and Wales (2025)
- Aletheiatruth; unconcealment9 in England and Wales (2025)
Sounds like Alithea
Names that are said the same way as Alithea, 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 Alithea
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