Dea

For acronym, see DEA (disambiguation).

Dea is the Latin word for "goddess" and may refer to:

Goddesses in Roman antiquity

• Bona Dea, a (mostly) exclusively women's goddess introduced from Magna Graeca
• Dea Dia, goddess of growth in Roman mythology
• Nenia Dea, goddess of funerals in Roman mythology
• Dea Matrona or "Divine mother goddess", goddess of the river Marne in Gaul
• Dea Sequana, goddess of the river Seine in Gallo-Roman religion
• Dea Syria or Atargatis, "Goddess of Syria"
• Dea Tacita, or "Silent goddess", goddess of the dead in Roman mythology

People

Given name

• Dea Birkett (born 1958), British writer
• Dea Ecker, German architect
• Dea Herdželaš (born 1996), Bosnian tennis player
• Dea Klein-Šumanovac (born 1981), Croatian basketball player
• Dea Kulumbegashvili, Georgian film director and writer
• Dea Loher (born 1964), pseudonym of German writer Andrea Beate Loher
• Dea Norberg (born 1974), Swedish singer
• Dea Rizkita (born 1993), Miss Grand Indonesia 2017; see Puteri Indonesia 2017
• Dea Trier Mørch (1941–2001), Danish writer
• N'Dea Davenport (born 1966), American singer
• N'dea Jones (born 1999), American basketball player

Second given name

• Alma Dea Morani (1907–2001), American plastic surgeon
• Maretha Dea Giovani (born 1994), Indonesian badminton player

Surname

• Alex Dea, American composer
• Billy Dea (born 1933), Canadian ice hockey centre and head coach
• Gloria Dea (1922–2023), American actress, magician, and businesswoman
• Matt Dea (born 1991), Australian football player
• Jean-Sébastien Dea (born 1994), Canadian ice hockey player
• Marie Déa (1912–1992), pseudonym of French actress Odette Alice Marie Deupès
• Tommy Dea (1908–1986), Australian rules footballer

Other uses

• A character in the 1869 novel The Man Who Laughs by Victor Hugo
• A dialect of the Managalasi or Ese language
• An alternative name for the Zimakani language
• La Dea, a nickname of the Italian football club Atalanta B.C.

See also

• DEA (disambiguation)
• All pages with titles beginning with Dea
• All pages with titles containing Dea
• O'Dea, Irish surname
• Deas (disambiguation)
• Dease (disambiguation)