Anthea

Anthea
Gender	Female
Language	Greek
Origin
Meaning	flower, blossom
Other names
See also	Thea, Tia

Anthea (Ancient Greek: Ἄνθεια), "blossom" in Greek, was an epithet of the Classical Greek goddess Hera, the goddess of marriage, women, and family, and the protector of women during childbirth. Anthea is used as a female given name in English.

Mythology

Anthea, a queen of Argolid, also named Stheneboea.

People

Anthea Askey (1933–1999), British actress
Anthea Bell (1936–2018), British translator of literary works
Anthea Benton, British television commercial and music video director
Anthea Butler (born 1960), American professor
Anthea Fraser (born 1930), novelist
Anthea Joseph (1924–1981), British publisher
Anthea Larken (born 1938), British director of the Women's Royal Naval Service
Anthea Millett (1941–2022), British health administrator
Anthea Phillipps (born 1956), British botanist
Anthea Redfern (born 1948), British television host
Anthea Stewart (born 1944), Zimbabwean field hockey player
Anthea Sylbert (born 1937), American costume designer
Anthea Turner (born 1960), British television presenter and media personality

Fictional characters

Anthea, home world (which is dying due lack of water) of the fictitious alien Thomas Jerome Newton, the protagonist of Walter Tevis' sci-fi novel The Man Who Fell to Earth
Anthea Hopper, a minor supporting character in the French animated show, Code Lyoko and Code Lyoko: Evolution
In Men Behaving Badly, Valerie Minifie plays Anthea, an employee at Gary's security firm
In BBC'S Sherlock (TV series), the assistant of Mycroft Holmes calls herself Anthea
Anthy Himemiya is one of the main characters of the manga Revolutionary Girl Utena
Anthea is a queen of a desert tribe of "Speaking Mountain" in The Secret of the Sahara
Anthea is one of the main characters in the Psammead trilogy by E. Nesbit
Anthea in 2023 superhero film Shazam! Fury of the Gods, played by Rachel Zegler
Anthea Stonem is the mother of the starring character Effy Stonem in the British TV-show Skins

Other

Anthea, a container ship

References

↑ Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006). A Dictionary of First Names. Oxford paperback reference. Oxford, England: Oxford University Press. p. 59. ISBN 978-0-19-861060-1. OCLC 67869278. Retrieved 21 November 2024.

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[Hanks_2006-1] Hanks, Patrick; Hardcastle, Kate; Hodges, Flavia (2006). A Dictionary of First Names. Oxford paperback reference. Oxford, England: Oxford University Press. p. 59. ISBN 978-0-19-861060-1. OCLC 67869278. Retrieved 21 November 2024.