Alethea
Girl name · 3 babies recorded · 1974–2025
Alethea: 3 babies born in Scotland since 1974, given to girls, peaking at 3 births in 2017.
From the Greek *aletheia* (“truth”), Alethea is a virtuous name that emerged in the 17th-century Puritan tradition. Its most famous bearer is the 4th-century Saint Alethea, a martyr venerated in Eastern Christianity. In more modern times, British biographer and painter Alethea Hayter (1911–2006) was renowned for her writings on the Romantic poets. Although no major place bears the name, the Alethea genus of moths offers a curious natural connection. Often confused with the unrelated Althea (from Greek *althos* for “healing”), Alethea
Girl 1 of 52 years
- Peak year
- 20173 babies
- Latest (2017)
- #8083 babies
- Total births
- 3since 2017
- 5-year trend
- ≈ stablevs prior 5y