Anthea
A girls’ name of Greek origin, meaning flower or bloom.
Babies a year
4
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#4867
4 babies
Anthea by the numbers
In 2025, 4 babies in England and Wales were named Anthea. In the US, 12 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 20 babies in 1990, making it a 1990s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Anthea. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Altheahealer; from althea the marshmallow plant153 in the US (2017)
- Anuheacool mountain breeze31 in the US (2017)
- Atheagoddess; a form of Athena8 in England and Wales (2025)
- Anthem16 in the US (2017)
- Athenagoddess of wisdom and warfare519 in England and Wales (2025)
- Andreastrong and masculine; a form of Andrew2,341 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean a flower
Like Anthea, each of these has a flower in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Chloegreen shoot, blooming6,920 in the US (2017)
- Lilythe lily flower; purity2,249 in England and Wales (2025)
- Violetthe violet flower; purple1,061 in England and Wales (2025)
- Leilaniheavenly flower2,264 in the US (2017)
- Jasminejasmine flower; gift from god455 in England and Wales (2025)
- Rosethe rose flower; symbol of love666 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Anthea
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