Given name
Oletha
“one who is truthful”
Oletha is a variant of Olethea. In Latin use, Olethea carries the interpretation “one who is truthful.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Oletha is a variant of Olethea. In Latin use, Olethea carries the interpretation “one who is truthful.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Oletha connects to the Alethea name family through Olethea. 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 1897. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Oletha through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,214
- 0 boys · 1,214 girls
- Most popular year
- 1923
- 41 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 1980. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 41 in 1923. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 413 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 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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