Althea () is an English female given name. It is a variation of the Greek name Althaea (Αλθαια), which may be related to Greek ἀλθος 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".[Milton, John (1886). Homer Sprague, ed. "Milton's Lycidas". Paradise Lost, Books I and II. Boston: Ginn & Co.]
Notable people
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Althea Braithwaite (1940–2020), English children's author, illustrator, publisher and glass artist
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Althea Bridges (born 1936), Australian opera singer and music teacher
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Althea Currier (born 1941), American glamor model and actress
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Althea Flynt (1953–1987), fourth wife of Larry Flynt
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Althea Gibson (1927–2003), American female athlete
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Althea Forrest, one half of vocal duo Althea & Donna
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Althea McNish (1924–2020), British textile designer of Trinidadian origin
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Althea G. Quimby (1858-1942), American temperance leader
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Althea Reinhardt (born 1996), Danish handball player
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Althea Thauberger, Canadian artist
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Althea Wynne (1936–2012), English sculptor
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Althea Rae Janairo, actress aka Tia Carrere
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Altheia Jones-LeCointe, Trinidadian physician and research scientist, leader of the British Black Panther Movement
See also
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"Althea", a song on the Grateful Dead studio album Go to Heaven
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Althaea officinalis, also called althea or marsh mallow, a perennial species indigenous to Europe, Western Asia, and North Africa used in herbalism and as an ornamental plant
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Hibiscus syriacus, also called althea, rose of Sharon or rose mallow, a perennial species indigenous to East Asia used in herbalism and as an ornamental plant
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Cyclone Althea (1971)
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Ethinylestradiol/cyproterone acetate, a birth control pill with brand name Althea
