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Very pretty. Althea Joy is so sweet, and Althea Lily sounds delicate and beautiful.

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This name has been growing on me lately; I'm glad that you brought it up. :-)

I think Althea Joy's wonderful and I don't consider Joy a filler at all. I actually think in the US Joy is less popular as a middle name than Kate and Lily. Honoring your mother would be nice, but I'd go with the name you love and using a virtue name will never get flack for not honoring in the middle name slot the same way a non-virtue name might.

Althea puts me to mind of a heavyset, middle-aged woman, which sounds awful but isn't really, I guess because I think of a very bubbly, friendly, heavyset, middle-aged woman.

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Althea Joy is definitely the best of your combos. I don't see Joy as being fillerish at all; that honor is reserved for Rose, Grace, and Elizabeth. I'm not wild about Althea Kate, maybe just because Kate is so overused as a fn these days. Althea Lily is rather awkward. Therre are too many Ls, I suppose.

I quite like Althea. I also like Anthea and Amalthea, which are similar.

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Althea Joy is a fun, happy combo. I love it.

I like it but I like Alethea so much more that it does seem a pale reflection.

It's lovely. LOVE Althea. But those middle names don't work. I recommend a two-syllable middle name that is longer than six letters. You could also use a three syllable middle name with a tonic syllable that is not the second syllable. It balances without overpowering.

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Althea Margaret
Althea Frances
Althea Catherine
Althea Winifred
Althea Caroline
Althea Josephine

I adore Althea! It's sprightly but also staid in a certain light.

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Althea Joy is definitely my favorite of the combinations you've provided.

I love this name, while DH is unimpressed.

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I think Althea Joy and Althea Lily are disarmingly wonderful combos. The first makes me happy, an the second is grand.

My favorite is Althea Lily.

Love Althea!
From your list Althea Joy is hands down my fav. It's bright and sweet with just the right amount of spunk.

Althea is lovely and fresh. Of your combos, I like Althea Joy best. For me, it isn't filler. It was what I was feeling after my first child was born -- pure joy. Unfortunately, dh didn't agree with me and our prior agreement was that he'd choose the mn so he did.

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The other combos are nice as well although I'm not really into nns (Kate) on the bc. Family names are nice but only if the parents actually want to use them, imo. I don't believe someone should feel pressured (self-imposed or otherwise) to use them.

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I'd say Althea Lily is my second favorite here. It reminds me of moonlight shining on the lake. Eh, sorry that's the best I can do in the AM. It does conjure up images of moonlight and water and I do love water lilies so there you go. :-)

Althea is very pretty :)

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Althea Joy gets my vote. It's so sweet, and I like the way the strong J sound in Joy balances out the soft sounds in Althea. Love this combo.

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Althea Kate is nice, if boring, but it's honouring so it gets a pass. Kate is more filler to me than Joy. It flows well.

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Althea Lily is my least favoruite, too many soft sounds for me, but it sounds fine too.

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So really, any of them work, but Althea Joy is definitely my favourite!

I prefer Anthea to Althea because I think 'healthier' with a dropped H. Having said that, I can see why you love it and I agree that Althea Joy is very appealing. Althea Kate is nice too, but I'm not keen on Althea Lily. Lily just doesn't appeal to me.

I love Althea. You could use the nickname Thea, or no nickname at all. It's a great name.
I'm not a fan of your middle names though. They all seem like filler names to me. I like the idea of honoring your mother. How about:

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Althea Kitty
Althea Kari
Althea Kaja
Althea Cadi
Althea Katinka
Althea Karin

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Or away from the Kate theme:

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Althea Lilias
Althea Marnie
Althea Rosie
Althea Maddie

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