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Thoughts on Theodora?

82 replies

eleanorsmellstrop · 27/09/2022 07:06

please? 😊

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jackstini · 27/09/2022 07:59

Lovely, in long and short forms

GeorgiaGirl52 · 27/09/2022 07:55

Lovely. Classic but not old-fashioned. I would use Dora as a nickname not Thea.

Luredbyapomegranate · 27/09/2022 07:51

I like it

There are a quite a few though, mostly called Thea or Teddie day to day and when you add them to the huge number of boys called Theo/dore and known as Theo or Teddy, and all the girls just called Thea.. it’s an army

So for that reason I wouldn’t

KendrickLamaze · 27/09/2022 07:47

I really like it. There's a Netflix series with a character named Theo/Theodora. I think it's called haunting of hill house or similar. I would 100% use it but with Theo not Thea as shorthand.

Isn't it the name of the witch in wizard of oz? It may lead to a small amount of playground teasing there but what name doesn't.

HowVeryBizarre · 27/09/2022 07:30

Cute.

LostInMeadows · 27/09/2022 07:16

Personally think it's awful. Sticking an A on the end of a man's name doesn't make it girly, there's so many nicer actual girls names out there.

toastofthetown · 27/09/2022 07:13

Quite nice. It’s risen quite sharply in popularity recently and I think it might seems like a 2020s name in the future. Obvious diminutives are Thea and Dora. I prefer Dorothea to Theodora.