Thea
Meaning and origin
From a pet form of Dorotea, Theodora and Teresia. First recorded as a given name in Sweden in 1843.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Thea (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Thea has been fairly steady over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2003. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
Show the figures
| Year | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1998 | 50 |
| 1999 | 70 |
| 2000 | 103 |
| 2001 | 158 |
| 2002 | 311 |
| 2003 | 386 |
| 2004 | 374 |
| 2005 | 353 |
| 2006 | 320 |
| 2007 | 277 |
| 2008 | 293 |
| 2009 | 313 |
| 2010 | 313 |
| 2011 | 294 |
| 2012 | 220 |
| 2013 | 219 |
| 2014 | 211 |
| 2015 | 201 |
| 2016 | 209 |
| 2017 | 199 |
| 2018 | 189 |
| 2019 | 213 |
| 2020 | 185 |
| 2021 | 203 |
| 2022 | 149 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 720 |
| 2000 | 810 |
| 2001 | 958 |
| 2002 | 1,258 |
| 2003 | 1,638 |
| 2004 | 1,999 |
| 2005 | 2,337 |
| 2006 | 2,641 |
| 2007 | 2,917 |
| 2008 | 3,229 |
| 2009 | 3,550 |
| 2010 | 3,851 |
| 2011 | 4,150 |
| 2012 | 4,364 |
| 2013 | 4,584 |
| 2014 | 4,791 |
| 2015 | 4,981 |
| 2016 | 5,185 |
| 2017 | 5,385 |
| 2018 | 5,575 |
| 2019 | 5,784 |
| 2020 | 5,963 |
Thea in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Thea.Hi! My name is Thea.
- Thea bor i Göteborg och pluggar till sjuksköterska.Thea lives in Gothenburg and is training to be a nurse.
- Vet du om Thea kommer på festen på lördag?Do you know if Thea is coming to the party on Saturday?
- Theas mamma är lärare.Thea's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Theas mamma is Thea's mum.
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Questions about Thea
How do you pronounce Thea in Swedish?
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What does the name Thea mean?
From a pet form of Dorotea, Theodora and Teresia. First recorded as a given name in Sweden in 1843.
How popular is Thea in Sweden?
149 babies were named Thea in 2022. In 2020, 5,963 people in Sweden had Thea as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been fairly steady lately and peaked in 2003 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.