Gender Female Meaning healer, wholesome | Language(s) Greek | |
Pronunciation stress on the first syllable (British) or second syllable (American) See also Althaia (Αλθαια), Altea | ||
Althea (Old English: Alþea) is an English female personal name. It is a variation of the Greek name Althaea, which may be related to Greek ἀλθος althos ("healing").
Richard Lovelace used the name in a poem ("To Althea, From Prison") that John Milton later alluded to in Lycidas.
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