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Meaning & Origins
From Greek mythology. Although sometimes considered to be a contracted form of Alethea, it is actually a quite distinct name (Greek Althaia) of uncertain origin. It was borne in classical legend by the mother of Meleager, who was given a brand plucked from the fire at the instant of her son's birth, with the promise that his life would last as long as the brand did; some twenty years later she destroyed it in a fit of pique. The name was revived by the 17th‐century poet Richard Lovelace as a poetic pseudonym for his beloved.
| 1,572nd in the U.S. for 2011 |
English: occupational name for a sexton or churchwarden, from Middle English sexteyn ‘sexton’ (Old French secrestein, from Latin sacristanus).
| 734th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Altheia, Altha, Althia, Althe, Alth, Althie, Althiea, Alta, Althy, Aleta
Saxton, Sexten, Sextro, Sextion, Saxtan, Sexter, Sextone, Sixton, Saxten, Sestina
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