Given name & surname
Dea
“resembling a goddess”
Dea is used as a given name and a surname. One Greek interpretation is “resembling a goddess.”
Original GreekΔέα
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Greek interpretation is “resembling a goddess.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Greek.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1901. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Dea through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,842
- 17 boys · 1,825 girls
- Most popular year
- 1963
- 45 babies
- 2025
- 22
- #5,596 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +3%
- Steady
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 22 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 5,596 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 3.5% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 45 in 1963. In 2025, New York had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (12). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,846 as a first name in 2020; 1,325 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Dea’s family of names
In Indonesian usage, Dea has a related form in DHEA. In Georgian usage, Dea is a Roman-alphabet rendering of დეა. In Georgian usage, Dea is a transliteration of დეა.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Dea has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
3 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 12
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Dorothyequivalent
- Dorotheaequivalent
- Diaequivalent
- Denaequivalent
- Deanaequivalent
- Divaequivalent
- Adeaequivalent
- Dorotaequivalent
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People named Dea
- Dea LoherGerman playwright and author (born 1964)
- Circe MaiaUruguayan writer, poet, teacher, and translatorborn 1932
- Dea Trier MørchDanish writer, graphic artist and painter (1941–2001)
- Dea HerdželašBosnian female tennis playerborn 1996
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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