Thea

A girls’ name of Greek origin, meaning goddess; divine.

Babies a year
686
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Common
among names in use
US popularity
#353
down from #348
UK popularity
#66
686 babies · unchanged

How Thea has moved

US popularity rank, 2015–2025. Lower is more popular.
#229#366#503201520202025#353

View as table
YearUS rank
2015#464
2016#291
2017#268
2018#273
2019#292
2020#303
2021#313
2022#300
2023#321
2024#348
2025#353

Thea by the numbers

In 2025, 686 babies in England and Wales were named Thea. In the US, 1,180 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in England and Wales than in the US.

Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Thea. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Theiagoddess or divine; shining one48 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Teagoddess; a form of Thea25 in the US (2017)
  • Thedagift of god; a form of Theodora
  • Thia4 in England and Wales (2025)

Other names that mean God

Like Thea, each of these has God in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.

  • Isabellapledged to God15,112 in the US (2017)
  • Elizabethmy God is an oath8,924 in the US (2017)
  • Angelmessenger of God6,157 in the US (2017)
  • Auroradawn; Roman goddess of sunrise1,030 in England and Wales (2025)
  • SamanthaGod has heard; feminine form of Samuel4,308 in the US (2017)
  • Micahwho is like God3,924 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Thea

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