Thalia
Where Thalia comes from
From Ancient Greek Θαλία (Thalía) or Θάλεια (Tháleia); from Ancient Greek θάλλω (thállō, “flourish, to be verdant”).
- Ancient Greek
- 3 syllables
- Vowel-ended
Along the way
- 1871Thalia Flora-Karavia bornGreek painter
- 1885First appearance#1,047 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
- 1982Thalia Munro bornAmerican water polo player
- 1993Peak, #363700 babies named Thalia — more than any year before or since.
- 1994The fadeThe first year with half the peak's births — down to #640.
In the dictionary
- A female given name from Ancient Greek.
Namesakes
- Thalia Flora-Karavia · Greek painter, 1871–1960
- Thalia Munro · American water polo player, born 1982
- Thalia Zedek · American musician, born 1961
- Thalia Ivanka Elizabeth · Indonesian singer, born 1999
- Thalia Assuras · Canadian television journalist, news anchor, and media consultant, born 1957
Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.