Thea (name)
Thea is a feminine given name, an alternate spelling of the Greek goddess Theia. The name may also be a short form of Theodora, Dorothea, Theodosia, Athena, Althea, or Cynthia.
Notable people with the name include:
People
- Thea Andrews, Canadian journalist
- Thea Astley (1925-2004), Australian writer
- Thea Beckman (1923-2004), Dutch writer
- Thea Bowman (1937-1990), American nun
- Thea Dorn, German writer
- Thea E. Smith, American writer
- Thea Einöder, German rower
- Thea Exley (1923-2007), Australian archivist and art historian
- Thea Flaum, American TV producer
- Thea Foss (1857-1927), American entrepreneur
- Thea Garrett, Maltese singer
- Thea Gill, Canadian actress
- Thea Gilmore, British singer-songwriter
- Thea Gregory, English actress
- Thea Halo, American writer
- Thea Hochleitner (1925-2012), Austrian alpine skier
- Thea Kano, American conductor
- Thea Kellner, Romanian fencer
- Thea King (1925-2007), British clarinettist
- Thea Knutzen (1930-2016), Norwegian politician
- Tea Jorjadze or Thea Djordjadze, Georgian artist
- Thea Leitner (1921-2016), Austrian writer
- Thea Sofie Loch Næss, Norwegian actress
- Thea Muldoon (1927-2015), New Zealander first lady
- Thea Musgrave, Scottish composer
- Thea Porter (1927-2000), British fashion designer
- Thea Proctor (1879-1966), Australian artist
- Thea Rasche (1899-1971), German pilot
- Thea de Roos-van Rooden, Dutch historian and politician
- Thea Sharrock, English theatre director
- Thea Slatyer, Australian footballer
- Thea Stabell, Norwegian actress
- Thea Tewi (1902-1999), German-born American sculptor and lingerie designer
- Thea Trinidad, American wrestler
- Thea Vidale, American comedian and actress
- Thea Van Seijen, Dutch singer
- Thea von Harbou (1888-1954), German filmmaker and actress
- Thea White (1940-2021), American voice actress
Fictional characters
- Thea Fenchel, the protagonist's love interest in Saul Bellow’s The Adventures of Augie March
- Thea Queen, an incarnation of the DC Comics' superheroine Speedy played by Willa Holland on the CW's 2012 television programme Arrow
- Thea Stilton, the main protagonist in the Thea Stilton book franchise and one of the main protagonists in the Geronimo Stilton book franchise
- Thea the Thursday Fairy, from the Rainbow Magic book franchise
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