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 [ 3 syll. an-(t)hea, ant-h-ea ] The girl name Anthea is pronounced AENTHiyah KEY. Anthea is of Old Greek origin. It is used mainly in English and German. Derived from the word antheios which is of the meaning 'flowery, blossom'. An old form of the name is Antheia (Old Greek). Anthea was one of the bynames of the goddess Hera in Greek mythology. In literature, it has been used since the 4th century AD. A soft-sounding Greek name, it later became popular with 17th-century English pastoral poets such as Robert Herrick, thereafter reviving its use in modern times. The name has also been recently brought to attention through the British television presenter Anthea Turner (1960-). Anthea is the feminine form of the Italian Anteo. Forms of Anthea include the Italian Antea, the English Anthia, and the Greek Anthoula. Other forms of the name include the English and Greek pet form Ann and the Greek spelling variant Annthea. See also the related form, the English, French, and German Samantha. Anthea is uncommon as a baby girl name. It is not in the top 1000 names. Out of the family of girl names directly related to Anthea, the English, French, and German Samantha was the most widely used in 2008. Baby names that sound like Anthea include the English Anthia, the Spanish Amada, the English, Finnish, German, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish Amanda, the English Amandah, the Spanish, German, and Scandinavian Amata, the Spanish Aminda, the English and Italian Aminta, the English and Indian Amita, the English Amity, the Tamil Amutha, the English Anadia, the Armenian Anahid, the Indian Ananda, the Indian Anandi, the Indian Ananta, the Indian Anantha, the English and Spanish Anita, the Italian Annetta, the Greek Annthea, and the name Onida. A famous person named Anthea is TV presenter Anthea Turner, born Anthea Millicent Turner 25 May 1960, Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom. KEY: Pronunciation for Anthea: AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; TH as in "theta (TH.EY.T.AH)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"   |
