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Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Thema

Gender

Female

Origin

African
queen
Greek
Goddess, godly; also abbreviation of names like Althea and Dorothea. The mythological Thea was the Greek goddess of light and mother of the sun, moon, and dawn.

Syllables

2

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Thema

Popularity in the USA

  • Girls: peak in 1978 (rank #6382, 9 births); most recent 1990 (rank #12954, 5 births)
Births by year in the USA
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Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data