The meaning of the name Althea is Marsh Flower. The origin of the name Althea is Greek. This is the culture in which the name originated, or in the case of a word, the language.
Althea Gibson, tennis player Often associated with Greek althos 'healing', although it is not clear that this is the origin of the name.
Althea is on 650 BN name lists Althea is currently not ranked on the BN charts Althea is currently #888 in U.S. births
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