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Thoughts on girls name list

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wheneverythinggoestitsup · 11/01/2019 22:24

Amber
Thea
Hallie

My fave is Hallie but husband not that keen.

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wheneverythinggoestitsup · 12/01/2019 21:24

@Sooverthemill

Haha! Exactly where I got the name from Grin

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Laurasimone · 12/01/2019 19:30

Love Thea -the way op is pronouncing it.

GreatDuckCookery6211 · 12/01/2019 14:28

Not keen on Hallie at all. Amber is ok, Thea is lovely.

Sooverthemill · 12/01/2019 13:35

shadylady that's interesting. Now trying to think how the Greek aunty says it...

Sooverthemill · 12/01/2019 13:34

But also, you can pronounce it how you like! Just tell people how to say it like with other less usual names,

Sooverthemill · 12/01/2019 13:33

Thea. But I would use the Greek pronunciation Tay-a too. Because that's the way the Greek origin person I know says their name. I think it's lovely. I don't like Hallie even though a big fan of parent trap!

Astronica · 12/01/2019 13:14

I like Amber best of those. Not so keen on Thea or Hallie.

Nonameyet1 · 12/01/2019 11:41

And everyone calls her Thee ah with no problems so far (she’s 4)

Nonameyet1 · 12/01/2019 11:39

I don’t like Amber but I really want to.

I really like Hallie.

And Thea is a great name - I might be biased!

ShadyLady53 · 12/01/2019 10:40

@Curlies, I was referring to Ancient Greek, I mentioned Latin alongside it just because those two languages are the root of where our modern languages come from. You’re absolutely right about the th sound in modern Greek and I’ve only heard Thea pronounced Thaya in Greece.

Gumball54 · 12/01/2019 09:47

*them!

Gumball54 · 12/01/2019 09:46

Amber. The other two are going to end up with people pronouncing then wrong.

MumUnderTheMoon · 12/01/2019 08:55

I'd go with Thea as it has that connection to a family member and it's lovely

Nursiemum27 · 12/01/2019 08:19

Never knew that about the pronounciation of Thea, always known it as Theee-ah.

I love Amber

curlies · 12/01/2019 07:39

Its not pronounced Tay-odore in Greek. I have a Greek Theodore (Theodoros) and it's very much a Th sound at the beginning.

BackforGood · 11/01/2019 23:34

I have known 3 Theas during my lifetime, and I've only ever heard it pronounced, as it looks Th -ee- ah Hmm

MissLanesAmericanCousin · 11/01/2019 23:29

wheneverythinggoestitsup Oh! Then, I'm back to liking it again! So, Thea gets my vote!

Congratulations, btw! Flowers

ShadyLady53 · 11/01/2019 23:28

@MissLanesAmericanCousin German, Dutch, French, Spanish, Italian, most Slavish and Ancient/Classical languages like Latin and Greek...I could go on. I’d think it may be Thee-a in Scots Gaelic but I don’t know for sure...I only guess as I know a Scottish Dorotheeeea.

I worked with German Theo’s and Theodores that were pronounced Tayo and Tayodore. They don’t use the Th sound.

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wheneverythinggoestitsup · 11/01/2019 23:27

Would be pronounced Thee-a after DHs grandmother who is called Dorothea

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Marv1nGay3 · 11/01/2019 23:25

I love Amber

ShadyLady53 · 11/01/2019 23:24

I knew an adorable Halle Rose. Absolute pleasure to teach and it made me like the name as it really suited her to a t.

MissLanesAmericanCousin · 11/01/2019 23:23

Thanks, ShadyLady53! So, what language or culture is Thea, when it's pronounced Tay-a? Gaelic? Scottish?

YahBasic · 11/01/2019 23:22

Love Hallie, prefer the look of it spelt Halle

ShadyLady53 · 11/01/2019 23:20

A previous poster calls her daughter Thee-a though so it’s probably been Anglicised and you can get away with any pronunciation! I know a Thalia known as tha-lia rather than Ta-lia. Anything goes now.

Thee-a
Thaya-
Tee-a

ShadyLady53 · 11/01/2019 23:17

@MissLanes I only know because I was tired of getting bollocked every time I did a new register or call sheet and said “Thee -a”. I always got a very stern “Tay-a” back with an eye roll.

I thought it would be like Theodore or Dorothea, but my PHD Linguist friend corrected me.

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