as a First Name
A learned coinage, not found before the 16th century. It represents the Greek word alētheia ‘truth’, and seems to have arisen as a result of the Puritan enthusiasm for using terms for abstract virtues as girls' names. See also Althea.
| 3,419th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 4,515
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- District of Columbia
- has the most people named Alethea per capita
- 1973
- marked the height of its popularity
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6%
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