Entry № 10518 · Greek origin

Theia Theia — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ THEE-ah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Greek
Meaning
"Divine, goddess"
Syllables
1
First recorded
Ancient (Greek)

A name that means "divine, goddess".

Theia (Θεία) is the Greek titaness of light and the mother of Helios (the sun), Selene (the moon), and Eos (the dawn). The name simply means "goddess" or "divine."

Theia is rare as a given name but rising as part of the broader return of Greek mythological names.

Divine, goddess — a Greek name.

The name in its native script.

Θεία
Transliteration
Theía
Pronunciation
/ ˈθiː.ə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Theia stands.

Theia 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.

Theias before her.

Real people

In fiction
Theia
Titaness of light, mother of Helios and Selene.
Greek mythology

Names connected to Theia.

The number behind Theia.

7

The Seeker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Theia reduce to 7, The Seeker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.