Thoughts on the name Fia/Thea

[Lauren1x]

What do you ladies think to the name Fia (pronounce the same as Thea)? TIA x

[Oulavache]

Love it, I know a gorgeous teenaged Fia.

[Brokenbiscuit]

How is it pronounced the same as Thea?

[AdalindSchade]

Fia sounds like Thea with a cockney Th

[Lauren1x]

Would you have Fia or Sofia and use Fia as a nickname? I'm loving Fia Daisy or Sofia Daisy 💖

[TondelayaDellaVentamiglia]

people will fink you can't say Thea.

[Rainshowers]

I have a Sophia who called herself 'Fia' when she first started talking and it's stuck amongst some of her little friends. I think it's cute, but I'm acutely aware that it might sound like I'm mispronouncing 'Thea' so tend to revert to her full name in public.

[YesMilk]

But Fia can't be pronounced the same as Thea

[Lauren1x]

Maybe I'm pronouncing Thea wrong sorry.

[TondelayaDellaVentamiglia]

if I saw Fia as a name on its own I'd wonder if it was said like fire or fear, but with Thea in the OP I'd go with fear and the whole inability to make a th sound.

[Lauren1x]

I was pronouncing Thea (Thee-Uh)

[fassbendersmistress]

I think OP means it would be pronounced Fee-ah, just like Thee-ah. I don't think she's attempting to re-jig the English language and insist 'F' is pronounced 'Th'!!!

[WaitrosePigeon]

people will fink you can't say Thea.

Fia is really really really bad.

[Lauren1x]

That's exactly how I was pronouncing them so it would be Fee-ah Daisy

[calzone]

It's a phonics nightmare.....


((Says someone who teaches foniks))

[C0untDucku1a]

Thea is th ee a
Fia is f ee a

If it sounds the same youre not pronouncing 'th' sound properly. '

[reallyanotherone]

"I don't think she's attempting to re-jig the English language and insist 'F' is pronounced 'Th'!!!"

My dh would tell you "th" is pronounced "f".

to him, death and deaf are pronounced the same. Thea and fia would also be said exactly the same way- both with an f.


We had to avoid any names with a th sound for this reason.

[C0untDucku1a]

Im stil confused op. If itnwould be fee ah then thats fia, not thea.

[buttercup54321]

Fia too much like Fiat, Thea is quite nice. Th ee a.

[planbatman]

Fia is an anglicisation of the Irish name Fiadh. So it won't work with phonics the way you would teach them in English.

[reallyanotherone]

Plan- would you say it "five" then? I know a wee girl called siadh "sive as in five" according to her parents.

[Greenifer]

I know a Phia. Everyone who has not seen her name written down assumes she is called Thea (we are in London). I expect Fia would be the same.

[Awwlookatmybabyspider]

I like Fia (Fear), but Not Thea. I.don't know why, but it makes me think of thawed out food.

[planbatman]

No I'd say it Fee-ah. I'd say Thea as Th-eah. Hard Th.
Siadh I've never heard before but Siabh/Sadbh is pronounced similarly to Sive.

[llhj]

There's an Irish name Fiadh which is pronounced Fee ah, means wild. Very pretty. No one has this problem thinking it's Thea? They're totally different names.

[ImperialBlether]

Oh lord, just stick to a proper bloody name. Fia isn't a name here.