Althea
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Origin of the name Althea:
Derived from the Latin Althaea and the Greek Althaia, which is from althainein (to heal). The name was borne by the mythological mother of Meleager.
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I love this name so much I actually legally changed my name to it.
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Al, Thea, Althie, Aly
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Althea was the mother of Meleager in Greek mythology.
The name means "healer".
"wholesome"
"marsh flower"- Famous real-life people named Althea: | Edit
Althea Gibson, 1950s tennis player.
Althea Rae Duhinio Janairo is the full name of Tia Carrere, American actress best known for her role as Cassandra in the "Wayne's World" movie series.
Althea Harper, a contestant on Project Runway who made it to the final 3.- Althea in song, story & screen: | Edit
"Althea," beautiful Grateful Dead song. People wouldn't associate the song unless they were a real dead-head :-).
I disagree about not associating it-- about 50% of people ask me whether I named my daughter after the Grateful Dead song. When I named her, I had never heard of it, but now I have. It's a nice song. I also have no particular attachment to Althea Gibson.
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