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

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.