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Divine gift, in the Greek-rooted Dorotea name tradition.
The Estonian and Finnish Tea entries document Dorotea short-form routes. Dorotea and Dorothy lead to Greek Dorothea, combining gift and a deity element; the reviewed Greek entries distinguish the feminine goddess element from the masculine counterpart’s god element. This concise interpretation is scoped to that name family and does not assign a religion to the child. The licensed princess claim for accented Téa is not transferred.
Documented Estonian and Finnish short-form traditions linked to Dorotea.
The Estonian entry calls Tea a short form of Dorotea; the Finnish entry describes a diminutive of Swedish Dorotea. These are documented naming routes, not an exclusive account of every bearer. The licensed accented Téa princess claim has not been transferred.
Not yet published for this spelling.
Counts apply only to the exact spelling, place, year and recorded usage shown. Places are separate; these figures are never added into a worldwide total. Missing or suppressed records never mean zero.
| Place | Year | Recorded usage | Published births | Rank | Notes |
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| Canada | 2025 | Girls | 6 · preliminary | 3044 | 2025 figures are preliminary. Quebec counts below five are randomly imputed by the publisher before national aggregation. Accents are removed in the source; this profile was matched only where the catalog spelling was unambiguous. Unpublished values are unknown, not zero. Rank basis: source published. |
| France | 2025 | Girls | 10 (rounded to 5) | 2885 | Counts are rounded to the nearest multiple of five. Ranks use unrounded publisher counts with randomly ordered ties; equally rounded counts can have different ranks. National coverage excludes Mayotte before 2012. Missing years are unavailable, not zero. Automated direction labels are withheld for this rounded-count series. Rank basis: source published. |
| England & Wales | 2021 | Girls | 3 | 5581 | Historical source: not all years independently cross-checked. Rank basis: source published. |
| Northern Ireland | 2000 | Girls | 3 | 348 | Source-reported counts; unpublished names are not zero. Rank basis: source published. |
| Scotland | 2004 | Girls | 4 | 555 | Source-reported counts; unpublished names are not zero. Rank basis: source published. |
| Ireland | 2016 | Girls | 3 | 868 | Names below three occurrences are unpublished. Accent recording changed in 2018; comparisons across that boundary may not describe the same spelling coverage. Counts refer to registrations in the year. Missing years are unavailable, not zero. Rank basis: source published. |
| United States | 2025 | Girls | 10 | 9457 | Source-reported counts; unpublished names are not zero. Rank basis: calculated from published counts. |
Canada, Ireland and France coverage includes confidently matched existing profiles only; unmatched spellings are awaiting review. French counts are rounded to five.
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Exact section records a feminine given name; this usage label does not claim exclusive ancestry. Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Tea&oldid=92157313. License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Adaptation: Rare Baby Names condensed language-specific given-name sections, preserving their scope. No source audio reused.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
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The exact Faroese personal-name section records female given-name use. It does not provide a separate older literal meaning. Credit: Wiktionary contributors, exact Tea entries. Sources: https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Tea&oldid=92157313. License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Adaptation: Rare Baby Names summarized the documented name route or language-specific relationship. No source audio, images or quotations reused.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Exact section records a feminine given name; this usage label does not claim exclusive ancestry. Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Tea&oldid=92157313. License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Adaptation: Rare Baby Names condensed language-specific given-name sections, preserving their scope. No source audio reused.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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The Estonian and Finnish Tea entries document Dorotea short-form routes. Dorotea and Dorothy lead to Greek Dorothea, combining gift and a deity element; the reviewed Greek entries distinguish the feminine goddess element from the masculine counterpart’s god element. This concise interpretation is scoped to that name family and does not assign a religion to the child. The licensed princess claim for accented Téa is not transferred. Credit: Wiktionary contributors, exact Tea, Dorotea, Dorothy, GreekDorothea, GreekDorotheos, GreekGift, GreekDeity entries. Sources: https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Tea&oldid=92157313; https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Dorotea&oldid=91254836; https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Dorothy&oldid=93477765; https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=%CE%94%CF%89%CF%81%CE%BF%CE%B8%CE%AD%CE%B1&oldid=90354974; https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=%CE%94%CF%89%CF%81%CF%8C%CE%B8%CE%B5%CE%BF%CF%82&oldid=91664230; https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=%CE%B4%E1%BF%B6%CF%81%CE%BF%CE%BD&oldid=92194828; https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=%CE%B8%CE%B5%CE%AC&oldid=90382512. License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Adaptation: Rare Baby Names summarized the documented name route or language-specific relationship. No source audio, images or quotations reused.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
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Directly recorded Finnish given-name reading. This is not an English pronunciation or a reading of accented Téa. Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Tea&oldid=92157313. License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Adaptation: Rare Baby Names condensed language-specific given-name sections, preserving their scope. No source audio reused.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Explicit short-form relationship in Estonian and diminutive relationship in Finnish. Not every Tea has the longer legal name, and the spelling-specific statistics remain separate. Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Tea&oldid=92157313. License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Adaptation: Rare Baby Names condensed language-specific given-name sections, preserving their scope. No source audio reused.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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The Estonian entry calls Tea a short form of Dorotea; the Finnish entry describes a diminutive of Swedish Dorotea. These are documented naming routes, not an exclusive account of every bearer. The licensed accented Téa princess claim has not been transferred. Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Tea&oldid=92157313. License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Adaptation: Rare Baby Names condensed language-specific given-name sections, preserving their scope. No source audio reused.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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The Estonian etymology explicitly calls Tea cognate with Scandinavian and English Thea. This is a name-family relationship, not an interchangeable spelling. Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Tea&oldid=92157313. License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Adaptation: Rare Baby Names condensed language-specific given-name sections, preserving their scope. No source audio reused.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Explicitly listed as a related term in the Estonian given-name section, not asserted as a nickname or spelling variant. Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Tea&oldid=92157313. License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Adaptation: Rare Baby Names condensed language-specific given-name sections, preserving their scope. No source audio reused.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Explicitly listed as a related term in the Estonian given-name section, not asserted as a nickname or spelling variant. Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Tea&oldid=92157313. License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Adaptation: Rare Baby Names condensed language-specific given-name sections, preserving their scope. No source audio reused.
Credit: Wiktionary contributors. Adapted by Rare Baby Names: wording shortened and name contexts separated. Recorded pronunciations are shown as published.
This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Attribution: Source: NISRA : Website: www.nisra.gov.uk
License: Open Government Licence v3.0
Attribution: (C) Crown copyright. Data supplied by National Records of Scotland.
License: Open Government Licence v3.0
Attribution: Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence
License: Open Government Licence v3.0
Attribution: U.S. Social Security Administration
Credit: Statistics Canada, Table 17-10-0147-01, 1991–2025, released 23 September 2026.
License: Statistics Canada Open Licence
Adaptation: Adapted from Statistics Canada, First names at birth by sex at birth, selected indicators, Table 17-10-0147-01, reference years 1991–2025. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
Credit: Central Statistics Office, Ireland, VSA50 and VSA60, updated 27 February 2026.
License: CC BY 4.0
Adaptation: Adapted by Rare Baby Names: joined the published count and rank indicators and matched unambiguous existing spellings. Source values retained.
Credit: Source : Insee, Fichier des prénoms, updated 16 July 2026.
License: Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab)
Adaptation: Adapted by Rare Baby Names: column names and sex codes mapped and unique case-only spellings matched to existing profiles. Published rounded counts and ranks retained.
