Thalia
Thalia is a girl name of Greek origin, ranked #89 in popularity, meaning To flourish, to bloom.
What Thalia means
To flourish, to bloom.
Thalia 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 Thalia 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.
Thalia is recorded as Greek in origin. Browse other Greek names.
How popular is Thalia?
Thalia is ranked #89, near the outer edge of the top hundred. Names here are often on the way up or on the way down, so this is the band where a name can feel fresh and established at the same time.
The character of Thalia
We group Thalia under the natural world and Joy — an unusual pairing, and often the reason a name feels the way it does. Each theme opens a full list of names sharing it.
Names like Thalia
These share Thalia's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Chloe — Young green shoot; blooming.
- Daphne — The laurel tree.
- Iris — Rainbow; messenger of the gods.
- Tessa — Harvester.
- Acacia — Thorny tree; resurrection.
- Anthea — Flower; blossom.
- Azalea — The azalea flower.
- Cassia — Cinnamon; a sweet spice.
- Echo — Reflected sound; a mountain nymph.
- Emerald — The green gemstone.
- Persephone — Goddess of spring; bringer of life.
- Philippa — Lover of horses.