As for poor Thea, she's not been seen in many a year, nor have her usual full forms, the twin sisters Dorothea & Theodora.
- Philotheos (fil-oth-EH-os, Greek)--"friend of God"
- Theobald (THEE-oh-bahld, THEH-oh-bahld, Germanic)--"of bold people"
- Theocritus (thee-OK-rit-us, Latin)--from Greek, "judged by God"
- Theodard (THEH-oh-dard, Latin)--from Germanic, "of strong people"
- Theodolf (THEH-oh-dolf, Germanic)-- "of the wolf people"
- Theodoric (thee-OD-ohr-ik, Germanic)--"people's ruler"
- Theodosius (thee-oh-DOH-see-us, Latin)--from Greek, "giving to God"
- Theodotus (thee-oh-DOH-tus, Latin)--from Greek, "given to God"
- Theodulus (thee-oh-DOO-lus, Latin)--from Greek, "servant of God". Modern French form is Théodule.
- Theofried (THEH-ah-freed, Latin)--from Germanic, "of peaceful people"
- Theophilus (thee-OF-il-us, Latin)--from Greek, "friend of God". Modern forms include Théophile (French), Theofilus (Dutch), & Theophil (German).
- Theopont (THEH-ah-pont, Greek)--"sea of God"
- Alethea (ah-LAY-thee-ah, ah-lah-THEE-ah, English)--from Greek, "truth"
- Althea (ahl-THEH-ah, ahl-THEE-ah, Greek)--"healing"
- Amalthea (ah-mahl-THEE-ah, ah-mahl-THEH-ah, Greek)--"soothing"
- Anthea (an-THEE-ah, an-THEH-ah, Greek)--"flower"
- Eidothea (ay-doth-EH-ah, Greek)--"knowledge goddess"
- Pasithea (pas-ih-THEH-ah, Greek)--"acquired goddess"
- Praxithea (praks-ih-THEH-ah, Greek)--"commerce goddess"
- Theodosia (thee-oh-DOHS-yah, Greek)--"giving to God"
- Theokleia (thee-oh-KLAY-ah, Greek)--"glory of God"
- Theolinde (theh-oh-LEEN-deh, Latin)--from Germanic, "of tender people"
- Theomilla (theh-oh-MEEL-lah, German)--Greek [theo] + Slavic [milla], "God's grace"
- Theonoe (theh-on-OH-ee, Greek)--"intelligent goddess"
- Theophania (thee-of-AN-yah, Greek)--"appearance of God"
- Theophila (thee-OF-il-ah, Greek)--"friend of God"
- Theophora (theh-OF-or-ah, thee-OF-or-ah, Greek)--"bearing God"
- Timothea (tim-oh-THEH-ah, tim-oh-THEE-ah, English)--from Greek, "honoring God"
I met a Philothea a couple of weeks ago!
ReplyDeleteOh, how pretty! Of course, it's the one 'thea' name I managed to forget. :p
DeleteThis is one of my favorite lists. I love Theo as a nickname. Still trying to convince my husband we should add Theodore to our boy name list.
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