Entry № 8687 · Greek origin

Rhea Rhea — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ REE-ah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Greek
Meaning
"Flowing, ease, mother"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient (Greek)

A name that means "flowing, ease, mother".

Rhea (Ῥέα) is the Titaness mother of the Olympians — Zeus, Hera, Poseidon, Hades, Demeter, and Hestia. Her name is variously interpreted as "flowing" (from rhein, to flow), "ease," or simply "mother." She is associated with motherhood, fertility, and the flow of generations.

Rhea has been quietly used in English since the 19th century. It is rising in the U.S. Three letters, the mother of all Olympians.

Flowing. The mother of Zeus.

The name in its native script.

Ῥέα
Transliteration
Rhéa
Pronunciation
/ ˈriː.ə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Rhea stands.

Rhea does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Rheas before her.

Real people
Rhea Perlman
American actress, Cheers.
born 1948
Rhea Seehorn
American actress, Better Call Saul.
born 1972
In fiction
Rhea
Titaness mother of the Olympians.
Greek mythology

Names connected to Rhea.

The number behind Rhea.

5

The Seeker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Rhea reduce to 5, The Seeker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.