Althea

This article is about the given name. For other uses, see Althea (disambiguation).

Althea

Pronunciation	stress on the first syllable (British) or second syllable (American)
Gender	Female
Language	Greek
Origin
Meaning	healer, wholesome
Other names
See also	Thea, Tia

Althea (Old English: Alþea) is an English female given name. It is a variation of the Greek name Althaea (Αλθαια), 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 his own poem "Lycidas".

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 glamour model and actress
• Althea Flynt (1953–1987), fourth wife of Larry Flynt
• Althea Gibson (1927–2003), American 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

• "Althea", a song on the Grateful Dead studio album Go to Heaven
• Althaea officinalis, also called althea or marsh mallow, a perennial species indigenous to Europe, Western Asia, and North Africa used in herbalism and as an ornamental plant
• Hibiscus syriacus, also called althea, rose of Sharon or rose mallow, a perennial species indigenous to East Asia used in herbalism and as an ornamental plant
• Cyclone Althea (1971)
• Ethinylestradiol/cyproterone acetate, a birth control pill with brand name Althea