Althea Explained
| Althea |
| Pronunciation: | stress on the first syllable (British) or second syllable (American) |
| Gender: | Female |
| Meaning: | healer, wholesome |
| Language: | Greek |
| See also: | Thea, Tia |
Althea (English, Old (ca.450-1100);: Alþea) is an English female given name. It is a variation of the Greek name Althaea (Αλθαια), which may be related to Greek Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: ἀλθος althos ("healing").
Richard Lovelace used the name in a poem ("To Althea, from Prison") that John Milton later alluded to in his own poem "Lycidas".[1]
Notable people
- Althea Braithwaite (1940–2020), English children's author, illustrator, publisher and glass artist
- Althea Bridges (born 1936), Australian opera singer and music teacher
- Althea Currier (born 1941), American glamor model and actress
- Althea Flynt (1953–1987), fourth wife of Larry Flynt
- Althea Gibson (1927–2003), American female athlete
- Althea Forrest, one half of vocal duo Althea & Donna
- Althea McNish (1924–2020), British textile designer of Trinidadian origin
- Althea G. Quimby (1858-1942), American temperance leader
- Althea Reinhardt (born 1996), Danish handball player
- Althea Thauberger, Canadian artist
- Althea Wynne (1936–2012), English sculptor
- Althea Rae Janairo, actress aka Tia Carrere
- Altheia Jones-LeCointe, Trinidadian physician and research scientist, leader of the British Black Panther Movement
See also
Notes and References
- Milton, John (1886). Homer Baxter Sprague, ed. "Milton's Lycidas". Paradise Lost, Books I and II. Boston: Ginn & Co.
