Thea
From Greek, where it means "goddess". It stays rare in Poland: most people here have never met one, though a steady trickle of newborn girls has kept it quietly alive since the 2010s.
Thea Pronunciation
What Thea means
Where Thea comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Thea comes from the Greek word θεά (theá), meaning goddess. In Polish that is bogini. The line from word to name is short. Many names pass through saints or kings before they mean anything plain, while Thea keeps its old noun close.
The name settled in the north. Scandinavian and German families carried Thea for generations, and in recent years it has ranked high among girls' names in Norway. No Polish diminutive grew around it, so it stays whole, four letters and no softening.
Picture a class register in a Polish school, Thea listed among the Zuzannas and Lenas. It reads as foreign and clear at once. A teacher calls the name, and the Greek word for goddess answers, unchanged since θεά.
How many people are named Thea
1 in 204944 women in Poland is named Thea. 110 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #3255 among female names.
Thea's popularity over time
3 girls were given the name in 2025, ranking #1370 among newborns. It has been climbing since 2013.
Where Thea is most popular
Thea is most popular in Masovian, 510% above the national average (3 girls born 2019–2025).
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Masovian3 girls born+510%
Thea as a middle name
Thea is a first name for 110 women in Poland and a middle name for another 42, a 72/28 split. In the women's middle-name ranking it sits 1068th, between Sue (42) and Viola (42).
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#1066 Salma42
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#1067 Sue42
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#1068 Thea42
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#1069 Viola42
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#1070 Waltraut42