Anthea
Anthea is a girl name of Greek origin, meaning Flower; blossom.
What Anthea means
Flower; blossom.
Anthea sits at 6 letters, and ends on a vowel, which tends to make a name sound open and carry well when called across a room.
Where Anthea comes from
Greek names often reach back to mythology, philosophy, or the early Church. They tend to be transparently meaningful in the original: many are compounds you can still take apart into their two halves.
Anthea is recorded as Greek in origin. Browse other Greek names.
How popular is Anthea?
Anthea is not in the current top 100 girl names we track. In practice that means a child called Anthea is unlikely to be one of three in a classroom — the name is established and recognisable, just not in heavy circulation right now.
The character of Anthea
Anthea spans flowers and growing things and the natural world, which is why it can read differently depending on which association you notice first. Both threads are worth following.
Names like Anthea
These share Anthea's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Acacia — Thorny tree; resurrection.
- Azalea — The azalea flower.
- Daphne — The laurel tree.
- Iris — Rainbow; messenger of the gods.
- Alani — Orange tree.
- Daisy — The day's-eye flower.
- Hana — Flower, blossom.
- Lily — The lily flower — purity and beauty.
- Rose — The rose flower.
- Sakura — Cherry blossom.
- Violet — The violet flower; the color purple.
- Blathnaid — Little flower; blossom.