Comments for ALTHEA:

In the T.V. show "In the Heat of the Night," Anne-Marie Johnson played Althea Tibbs, the wife of the Chief of Detectives, Virgil Tibbs.

-- breakofday  1/7/2006

Althea Gibson was a famous tennis player.

-- Anonymous User  3/5/2006

Althea, from Greek Ἀλθεία, was Meleager's mother's name and is also the Latin scientific name of the marshmallow plant, Althaea officinalis. In ancient Greek, ἀλθεία could also designate the mallow (Malva).

The name comes from the root ἀλθαι-, "heal", which gave the verb ἀλθαίνω. Ἀλθαία merely means "healing substance", which refers to the way this medical plant was used during Antiquity.

Source: Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue grecque by Pierre Chantraine.

-- Vincent Ramos  9/23/2006

Althea was the name of Larry Flynt's deceased wife.

-- visitor27  11/18/2006

It has a pretty sound. Ali could be a possible nickname.

-- Bethany  12/17/2006

It is interesting how Althea has a "healing" meaning and it has all the same letters as health. I wonder if health stems from althea in any way.

-- Bethany  12/17/2006

This name comes from the Greek for truth.

-- worldwidejwebb  11/13/2007

I believe you're confusing this name with Alethea. Althea does not come actually from the Greek word for truth, but Alethea does.

-- Anonymous User  9/3/2009

I've heard people with this name just called Thea for short.

-- lowcal historyan  11/15/2007

It's pronounced Al-thee-a or Ol-thee-a.

-- Thea_x  1/29/2008

A very pretty name, in my opinion. Old-fashioned and elegant, too. The nickname 'Thea' is nice as well.

-- Anonymous User  3/14/2008

Pronounced "Ahl-te-ah".

-- MaggieSimpson  5/19/2008

Ross and Monica's nana was named Althea in FRIENDS.

-- Anonymous User  9/26/2009

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