Alethea is an English-language female first name derived from the

Ancient Greek Ancient Greek includes the forms of the Greek language used in ancient Greece and the ancient world from around 1500 BC to 300 BC. It is often roughly divided into the following periods: Mycenaean Greek (), Dark Ages (), the Archaic peri ...

feminine noun grc, ἀλήθεια, alḗtheia, truth, label=none; ().Campbell. It is thus an equivalent of the name

Verity Verity (''alias'' Veretie, Verety, Verita, Veritie, etc.) is a female first name and a surname. As a first name it derives from the Latin feminine noun ''veritas'', meaning "truth". It is thus an equivalent of Alethea, a female first name first us ...

, from the Latin feminine noun ''veritas'', "truth". Use of the name dates from the 16th century with Alethea Talbot (1585–1654), the youngest daughter of

Gilbert Talbot, 7th Earl of Shrewsbury Gilbert Talbot, 7th Earl of Shrewsbury, 7th Earl of Waterford, 13th Baron Talbot, KG (20 November 1552 – 8 May 1616), styled Lord Talbot from 1582 to 1590, was a peer in the peerage of England. He also held the subsidiary titles of 16th Baron ...

(later Countess of Arundel following her marriage to

Thomas Howard, 21st Earl of Arundel Thomas Howard, 14th Earl of Arundel KG, (7 July 1585 – 4 October 1646) was a prominent English courtier during the reigns of King James I and King Charles I, but he made his name as a Grand Tourist and art collector rather than as a politic ...

). The name as used for the daughter of a wealthy nobleman in the

Renaissance The Renaissance ( , ) , from , with the same meanings. is a period in European history marking the transition from the Middle Ages to modernity and covering the 15th and 16th centuries, characterized by an effort to revive and surpass ideas ...

era in England would certainly have been pronounced , that is as an Ancient Greek word, as the father would have received a thorough education in Ancient Greek and would thus be aware of the correct pronunciation. Women named Alethea include: *

Alethea Arnaquq-Baril Alethea Arnaquq-Baril (born May 9, 1978) is an Inuk filmmaker, known for her work on Inuit life and culture. She is the owner of Unikkaat Studios, a production company in Iqaluit, which produces Inuktitut films. She was awarded the Canadian ...

Inuk Inuit (; iu, ᐃᓄᐃᑦ 'the people', singular: Inuk, , dual: Inuuk, ) are a group of culturally similar indigenous peoples inhabiting the Arctic and subarctic regions of Greenland, Labrador, Quebec, Nunavut, the Northwest Territories, and ...

Canadian Canadians (french: Canadiens) are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of ...

filmmaker *

Alethea Charlton Alethea Blow Charlton (9 August 1931 – 6 May 1976) was a British actress. Life She was born in Middlesbrough, North Riding of Yorkshire, England, and attended Ripon, Ripon High School and the Northern Theatre School which was based at the Br ...

(1931–1976), British actress *

Alethea Garstin Alethea Garstin (1894–1978) was a Cornish artist and illustrator who exhibited paintings regularly at London's Royal Academy from an early age. Life and work Garstin was born in Penzance, Cornwall on 1 June 1894, the daughter of painter Norm ...

(1894–1978), English painter and Royal Academician *

Alethea Hayter Alethea Catharine Hayter (7 November 1911 – 10 January 2006) was an English author and British Council Representative. Family and early life Hayter was the daughter of Sir William Goodenough Hayter, a legal adviser to the Egyptian government, ...

OBE (1911–2006), English author and British Council Representative *

Alethea Howard, Countess of Arundel Alethea Howard, 14th Baroness Talbot, 17th Baroness Strange of Blackmere, 13th Baroness Furnivall, Countess of Arundel (1585 – ), née Lady Alethea Talbot (pronounced "Al-EE-thia"), was a famous patron and art collector, and one of England's ...

(1585–1654), née Talbot, wife of Thomas Howard, 21st Earl of Arundel *

Alethea Kontis Alethea Kontis is an American writer of Teen & Young Adult Books, picture books and speculative fiction, primarily for children. She lived in Ashburn, Virginia and then in Titusville, FL. Selected works Novels * ''Enchanted'' The Woodcutter Sis ...

(born 1976), American author and editor living in Titusville, Florida *

Alethea Lewis Alethea Lewis (born 19 December 1749, buried 12 November 1827) was an English novelist, born at Acton, near Nantwich, Cheshire. She also used the pseudonym Eugenia de Acton. Her subject-matter centres on her profound Christianity and her belief ...

(1749–1827), English novelist, born at Acton, near Nantwich, Cheshire *

Alethea McGrath Alethea Ada McGrath (1 June 1920 – 9 February 2016) was an Australian actress and comedian. She played Jocasta Nu in '' Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones''. Her roles on television included Dot Farrar in ''Prisoner'' and three d ...

, Australian actress *Alethea Paul, English footballer

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*Campbell, Mike, ''Behind the Name: Meaning, Origin and History of the Name Alethea

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