Tea

Tea is a feminine given name which is cognate to the name Theia.

Téa is a female given name of Georgian (country) origin.
Téa can refer to:
Téa Gardner, the alternative name for Yu-Gi-Oh! character Anzu Mazaki
Téa Leoni, American actress
Téa Henry, French footballer, daughter of Thierry Henry
Téa Delgado, a character on One Life to Live

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1650s, tay, also in early spellings thea, tey, tee and at first pronounced so as to rhyme with obey; the modern pronunciation predominates from mid-18c. But earlier in English as chaa (1590s), also cha, tcha, chia, cia. The two forms of the word reflect two paths of transmission: chaa is from Portuguese cha, attested in Portuguese from 1550s, via Macao, from Mandarin (Chinese) ch'a (cf chai). The later form, which became Modern English tea, is via Dutch, from Malay teh and directly from Chinese (Amoy dialect) t'e, which corresponds to Mandarin ch'a. The distribution of the different forms of the word in Europe reflects the spread of use of the beverage. The modern English form, along with French thé, Spanish te, German Tee, etc., derive via Dutch thee from the Amoy form, reflecting the role of the Dutch as the chief importers of the leaves (through the Dutch East India Company, from 1610). Meanwhile, Russian chai, Persian cha, Greek tsai, Arabic shay, and Turkish çay all came overland from the Mandarin form. First known in Paris 1635, the practice of drinking tea was first introduced to England 1644. Meaning "afternoon meal at which tea is served" is from 1738. Slang meaning "marijuana" (which sometimes was brewed in hot water) is attested from 1935, felt as obsolete by late 1960s. Tea ball is from 1895.

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Gift of God, goddess.

Popularity	Name	Birth Year	Description
1	Téa Leoni	1966	Actress
2	Cocoa Tea	1959	Jamaican musician
3	Téa Obreht	1985	American fiction writer
4	Michelle Tea	1971	American writer
5	Téa Delgado		One Life to Live character
6	Tea Khalifa	1977
7	Tea Falco	1986	Italian actress
8	Tea Stjärne	2001	Swedish actress
9	Tea Banh	1945	Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for National Defence for Cambodia
10	Tea Tsulukiani	1975	Georgian lawyer
11	Tea Ropati	1964	New Zealand rugby league player
12	Thierry Tea	1981	French-Cambodian businessman
13	Tea Alagic
14	Thea Djordjadze	1971	Artist
15	Tea Hiilloste	1982	Finnish singer
16	Tea Donguzashvili	1976	Judoka
17	Tea Lanchava	1974	Chess player
18	Tea Mäkipää	1973	Finnish artist
19	Tea Ugrin	1998	Italian artistic gymnast
20	Tea Sugareva	1989	Bulgarian poet
21	Tea Ista	1932	Finnish actress
22	Richard Longstreet Tea	1840	United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
23	Tea Latvala
24	Tea Grubišić	1985	Croatian handball player
25	Tea Palić	1991	Croatian alpine skier
26	Tea Frogier		French Polynesia politician
27	Tea Vikstedt-Nyman	1959	Finnish racing cyclist
28	Tea Villilä	1991	Finnish ice hockey player
29	Tea Finni		Finnish sprinter
30	Tea Petrin	1944	Slovene economist and politician
31	Tea Helenelund	1917
32	Tea Karvinen	1966
33	Tea Izraelis		Polish actress
34	Tea Bertasi	1911
35	Tea Savoia	1941
36	Tea Kolar-Jurkovšek	1954
37	Tea Cosy Pete	1949	Homeless person of Swansea, Wales
38	Tea Albini	1950	Italian politician
39	Tea Breščak	1895	Poet and painter (1895-1973)
40	Tea Grönman	1982
41	Tea Sojat	1991
42	Tea Silađi
43	Tea Suojanen	1982