Anthea

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Female Name

Usage

Swedish
Norwegian
Danish

Origin and Meaning

1) From the Greek name Ανθεια (Antheia): Greek ανθος (anthos) = 'flower, blossom' ^{[1] [2]}

2) Variant spelling of Antea ^[2]

Related Names

Antea	♀
Anthea	♀

See also Samantha

Further Information

Anthea is an epithet of the Greek goddess Hera

Statistics

Name count per country
Country	Commonness	Female ♀		Male ♂
		as main name#	also aux. name&	as main name#	also aux. name&
Sweden[3]		12	26	0	0
Norway[4]		7	15	0	0
Denmark[5]		5	n.a.	0	n.a
Finland[6]		n.a.	6	n.a	6
#: count of main first name only
&: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

No recent statistics trend found in databases for Anthea.

Sources: ^{[3] [5] [4] [6]}

References

1. ↑ Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges: Oxford Dictionary of First Names (2003)
2. ↑ Wilfried Seibicke: Historisches Deutsches Vornamenbuch (Band 1-4)
3. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
4. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
5. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
6. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi