[Opinions] Thea
My sister knows a girl named Thea, pronounced as Thay-a.
What do you think about that?
Would you spell it Thea, Thaya, Theya, Theia...? Something else?
What do you think about that?
Would you spell it Thea, Thaya, Theya, Theia...? Something else?
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I love Thea AND that pronunciation. Theia is actually my favorite spelling but I'm unsure on it's true pronunciation
I prefer it said as thee-uh.
I love Thea!
I'd spell it Thea, maybe Theia. Thaya and Theya look a little contrived, and the y takes away the pretty simpleness that Thea and Theia have. Thea by itself is soft, the y makes it more princessy, and the i makes it a little stronger/sharper.
Maybe Theia over Thea, since Thea is more likely to be called THEE-a?
I'd spell it Thea, maybe Theia. Thaya and Theya look a little contrived, and the y takes away the pretty simpleness that Thea and Theia have. Thea by itself is soft, the y makes it more princessy, and the i makes it a little stronger/sharper.
Maybe Theia over Thea, since Thea is more likely to be called THEE-a?
I think Thea's a nice name, but I don't like it pronounced thay-a. I say thee-a. I've also heard it said tay-a, which is OK. If I wanted it pronounced thay-a, I'd spell it Thaya or Theya. To me Thea and Theia are both thee-a.
It reminds me of a man I know named Thayer, so my first impulse is to go with Thaya. That might be mistaken for another rhymes-with-Maya name, though. I'd probably go with Theya in the end.
It's not the worst name, but I much prefer Thea pronounced THEE-ah.
It's not the worst name, but I much prefer Thea pronounced THEE-ah.
I've always heard Thea pronounced as THEE-ah, if I were to spell her pronunciation phonetically or more intuitively I would try Theya (like Freya, though that might get a vocal/non-aspirated(?) th like in they), or Thaya, or maybe even Theia as you mentioned.
Where does your sister's friend live? I think in the US, THEE-uh would be the intuitive pronunciation. BTW, I adore Thea. It's definitely in my top five (alas, my dh hates it).
Yeah, it's the U.S.
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I would definitely not spell it Thea, I knew a girl named Thea in high school and it was pronounced Thee-ah like I would have inherently pronounced it (though my sister's best friend in high school's name was Lea "Leh-ah" and it's really hard for me to see that as Lee-ah now). I think if I was going for Thay-ah I would spell it Theia probably but even that kind of seems counter intuitive. It's a nice name, I'm just not sure how well people would be pronouncing it without hearing it first.