{{other uses}} {{Infobox name | name = Anthea | image = | image_size = | caption = | pronunciation = | gender = Female | meaning = flower, blossom | language = Greek | seealso = Thea, Tia }}
'''Anthea''' ({{langx|grc|Ἄνθεια}}), "blossom" in Greek, was an epithet of the Classical Greek goddess Hera, the goddess of marriage, women, and family, and the protector of women during childbirth. Anthea is used as a female given name in English.<ref name="Hanks 2006" />
== Mythology == * Anthea, a queen of Argolid, also named Stheneboea.
== People == * Anthea Askey (1933–1999), British actress * Anthea Bell (1936–2018), British translator of literary works * Anthea Benton, British television commercial and music video director * Anthea Butler (born 1960), American professor * Anthea Fraser (born 1930), novelist * Anthea Joseph (1924–1981), British publisher * Anthea Larken (born 1938), British director of the Women's Royal Naval Service * Anthea Millett (1941–2022), British health administrator * Anthea Phillipps (born 1956), British botanist * Anthea Redfern (born 1948), British television host * Anthea Stewart (born 1944), Zimbabwean field hockey player * Anthea Sylbert (born 1937), American costume designer * Anthea Turner (born 1960), British television presenter and media personality
== Fictional characters == * Anthea, home world (which is dying due lack of water) of the fictitious alien Thomas Jerome Newton, the protagonist of Walter Tevis' sci-fi novel ''The Man Who Fell to Earth'' * Anthea Hopper, a minor supporting character in the French animated show, ''Code Lyoko'' and ''Code Lyoko: Evolution'' * In Men Behaving Badly, Valerie Minifie plays Anthea, an employee at Gary's security firm * In BBC'S Sherlock (TV series), the assistant of Mycroft Holmes calls herself Anthea * Anthy Himemiya is one of the main characters of the manga Revolutionary Girl Utena * Anthea is a queen of a desert tribe of "Speaking Mountain" in The Secret of the Sahara * Anthea is one of the main characters in the Psammead trilogy by E. Nesbit * Anthea in 2023 superhero film ''Shazam! Fury of the Gods'', played by Rachel Zegler * Anthea Stonem is the mother of the starring character Effy Stonem in the British TV-show ''Skins''
==Other== * Anthea, a container ship
== See also == {{srt}} * Samantha, presumed to be a combination of Samuel and Anthea
== References == <references>
<ref name="Hanks 2006">{{cite book | last1 = Hanks | first1 = Patrick | authorlink1 = Patrick Hanks | last2 = Hardcastle | first2 = Kate | last3 = Hodges | first3 = Flavia | title = A Dictionary of First Names | publisher = Oxford University Press | publication-place = Oxford, England | series = Oxford paperback reference | year = 2006 | isbn = 978-0-19-861060-1 | oclc = 67869278 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=9nd05X_awIgC | page = 59 | access-date = 21 November 2024 }}</ref>
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{{given name}} <!-- It does not help to add disambig or hndis tags where the page only contains people who share a given name or surname --> Category:Feminine given names Category:Given names derived from plants or flowers