Althea
Sign in to saveAlthea () is an English female given name. It is a variation of the Greek name Althaea (Αλθαια), which may be related to Greek althos ("healing").
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- female given name
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- Althaea
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- native label
- Althea
- writing system
- Latin script
- Soundex
- A430
- Cologne phonetics
- 052
- Caverphone
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- Althea (given name)
- language of work or name
- Old English
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Althea () is an English female given name. It is a variation of the Greek name Althaea (Αλθαια), which may be related to Greek 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".
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