Gender: Female
Usage: Greek Mythology (Latinised)
Meaning and History: From the Greek name Αλθαια (Althaia), perhaps related to Greek αλθος (althos) "healing". In Greek myth she was the mother of Meleager. Soon after her son was born she was told that he would die as soon as a piece of wood that was burning on her fire was fully consumed. She immediately extinguished the piece of wood and sealed it in a chest, but in a fit of rage many years later she took it out and set it alight, thereby killing her son.
Comments: Wow! What an alluring story! I was trying to decide between writing about Anthea and Althea and I chose the latter due to that story. I tend to be a fan of names starting with a short A, particularly when followed by an L- they're very crisp to me, like a breath of cold air. I feel like Althea itself is nearly as alluring as the namesake. There's some sort of intriguing aura about it, as cliche as that may sound. Althea needs a dark, romantic name in the middle position to give it some grounding.
Combos:
Althea Constance
Althea Cordula
Althea Florence
Althea Jonquil
Althea Judith
Althea Lenore
Althea Mireio
Althea Poem
Althea Ruby
Althea Thora
