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In this manner, what nationality is the name Althea?

Greek

who is Althea in Greek mythology? /; Ancient Greek: ?λθαία Althaía "healer" from althainein, "to cure"; also a kind of mallow") was the queen of Calydon in Greek mythology.

Also, how common is the name Althea?

Records indicate that 13,558 girls in the United States have been named Althea since 1880. The greatest number of people were given this name in 1956, when 388 people in the U.S. were given the name Althea. Those people are now 60 years old.

Is Althea a male or female name?

Althea (Old English: Alþea) is an English female personal name. It is a variation of the Greek name Althaea (Αλθαια), which may be related to Greek ?λθος althos ("healing"). Richard Lovelace used the name in a poem ("To Althea, From Prison") that John Milton later alluded to in Lycidas.