Given name
Aletia
“one who is truthful”
Aletia is a variant of Alethea. One Greek interpretation is “one who is truthful.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Aletia is a variant of Alethea. One Greek interpretation is “one who is truthful.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Aletia is a variant of Alethea. An origin associated with Alethea is Greek.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1960. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Aletia through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 55
- 0 boys · 55 girls
- Most popular year
- 1960
- 10 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 1981. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 10 in 1960. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 162 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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