Althea
Althea is an English female personal name. It is a variation of the Greek name Althaea, which may be related to Greek ἀλθος althos.
Richard Lovelace used the name in a poem that John Milton later alluded to in Lycidas.Notable people
- Althea Currier, American glamor model and actress
- Althea Flynt, fourth wife of Larry Flynt
- Althea Gibson, American female athlete
- Althea Forrest, one half of vocal duo Althea & Donna
- Althea McNish, British textile designer of Trinidadian origin
- Althea Reinhardt, Danish handball player
- Althea Thauberger, Canadian visual artist
- Althea Wynne, English sculptor
- Althea Rae Janairo, actress aka Tia Carrere
Other
- Cyclone Althea
- Ethinylestradiol/cyproterone acetate, a birth control pill with brand name Althea
- Althea, a song on the Grateful Dead studio album Go to Heaven
- Althaea officinalis, a perennial species indigenous to Europe, Western Asia, and North Africa, which is used in herbalism and as an ornamental plant.
