Given name & surname
Thema
“a queen”
Thema is used as a given name and a surname. One African interpretation is “a queen.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One African interpretation is “a queen.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is African.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1918. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Thema through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 40
- 0 boys · 40 girls
- Most popular year
- 1978
- 9 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. Its largest published annual count for girls was 9 in 1978. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 210 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.
Thema’s family of names
Thema has a related form in Theama. Thema has a related form in Theema. Thema has a related form in Themah.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Similar names
If you love Thema, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
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>99% girls
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>99% girls