Althia as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Althia

What is the meaning of the name Althia ?

The baby name Althia is a Female name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced /ælˈθiːə/ (al-THEE-ə).

Althia is Greek in Origin.

Althia is an English feminine given name, a streamlined variant of Althea, itself from Greek Althaia/Althaea (Αλθαία), built on the root alth- meaning “to heal.” It carries the sense of “healer” or “wholesome” and is linked to the mallow genus Althaea (notably marsh mallow), long valued in classical and medieval medicine - reinforcing the name’s restorative connotations.

Revived in early modern England amid interest in classical myth (Althaea was the mother of Meleager) and botanical names, Althia appeared in parish records in Britain and colonial America and has persisted at low levels in the wider Anglophone world, with documented use in Caribbean and North American communities. It remained rarer than Althea, which spiked in mid-20th-century U.S. usage. Variants include Althea, Althaea, Althaia, and Altha; diminutives Thea, Thia, Ally, and Allie. Pronunciation generally mirrors Althea: al-THEE-uh; some prefer AL-thee-uh.