title: Dea
text: # 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.
  