Given name
Olethea
“one who is truthful”
Olethea is a form of Alethea. One Greek interpretation is “one who is truthful.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In Latin use, Olethea carries the interpretation “one who is truthful.” Olethea is a form of Alethea. One Greek interpretation is “one who is truthful.”
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Latin.
How it developed
Olethea is used as a form of Alethea.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1990. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Olethea through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 0 boys · 5 girls
- Most popular year
- 1990
- 5 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 1990. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Olethea’s family of names
Olethea is a form of Alethea. Olethea has a related form in Oleta. Olethea has a related form in Oletha.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 11
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Oletavariant
- Olethavariant
- Olethiavariant
- Olthaeavariant
- Olithiavariant
- Oletiavariant
- Olatheavariant
- Olitheavariant
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Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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