Althea name definition |
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Althea name definition: this name in other languages, spelling and pronunciation variants, female and male variants of name Althea. |
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Define Althea |
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| From the Greek name Αλθαια (Althaia), perhaps related to Greek αλθος (althos) "healing". In Greek myth she was the mother of Meleager. Soon after her son was born she was told that he would die as soon as a piece of wood that was burning on her fire was fully consumed. She immediately extinguished the piece of wood and sealed it in a chest, but in a fit of rage many years later she took it out and set it alight, thereby killing her son. | |
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Is Althea a girl name? |
Yes, name Althea has feminine gender. |
Where does the name Althea come from? |
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Name Althea most common in Greek Mythology (Latinized). |
Other scripts for name Althea |
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Αλθαια (Ancient Greek) |
