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
  • (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.
  • Dea., an archaic abbreviation for Deacon

See also

  • DEA (disambiguation)
  • O'Dea, Irish surname
  • Deas (disambiguation)
  • Dease (disambiguation)