Thea
Thea is a feminine given name .
Origin and meaning
Thea ( ancient Greek θεά theá ) is the feminine variant of Theo ( θεός theós , "god") and means goddess .
name day
variants
- Thea: German , Dutch , Norwegian , English
- Tea: Spanish , Croatian , Finnish , Hungarian , Italian , Slovenian , Swedish
- Téa: English (Téa in the Sahara)
Well-known namesake
Antiquity
- Cleopatra Thea , called Euergetis (around 165 BC - 121 BC), Egyptian regent of the Seleucid Empire
- Thea of Gaza, Palestinian martyr . She lived in Gaza , where she was caught illegally reading the Bible with other Christians and brought to court in Caesarea Maritima . After the usual torture , she was beheaded on July 25th (around 308) (according to written records ). Her relics were venerated in the Timothy Church in Gaza. The name day is chosen after her.
Modern times
- Thea Altaras , b. Fuhrmann (1924–2004), Yugoslav-German architect
- Thea Arnold (1882–1966), German politician (German Center Party, All-German People's Party, Federation of Germans)
- Thea Astley (1925-2004), Australian writer
- Thea Beckman , actually Theodora Beckmann, b. Petie (1923-2004), Dutch writer
- Thea Bock , b. Burmester (* 1938), German politician (Green Alternative List Hamburg, Social Democratic Party of Germany)
- Thea Dorn , actually Christiane Scherer (* 1970), German writer, dramaturge and television presenter
- Thea Dückert , b. Wischer (* 1950), German politician (Alliance 90 / The Greens)
- Tea Ernst (1906 as Tea Kreimeier in Paderborn [1]; † March 24, 1991 in Cologne [2]) was a German designer and entrepreneur
- Thea Eymèsz (1927–2015), German film editor
- Thea Frenssen (1895–1980), German figure skater
- Thea Garrett (* 1992), Maltese singer
- Thea Gill (born 1970), Canadian actress
- Thea von Harbou (1888–1954), German theater actress, screenwriter and writer
- Thea Koch-Giebel (1929–2018), German painter
- Téa Leoni , actually Elizabeth Téa Pantaleoni (* 1966), American actress and film producer
- Thea Mørk (* 1991), Norwegian handball player
- Téa Obendet (* 1985), American writer
- Thea Oljelund (1921–2012), Swedish writer and journalist
- Thea Rasche , actually Theodora Rasche (1899–1971), German pilot and journalist
- Thea Saefkow , b. Theodora Brey (1910–1990), German resistance fighter
- Thea Schleusner , actually Dorothea Schleusner (1879–1964), German painter and writer
- Thea Sybesma (* 1960), Dutch duathlete and triathlete
- Thea Weis (1924–1999), Austrian actress