Dea
# Dea

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 [id] (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.
