Anthea - yes or no?

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HmmAnthea · 22/04/2024 13:16

I think I quite like Anthea for baby DD (expected early September). But... is it old fashioned in a bad way?

Surname starting with F. I like Thea too, but Thea F- is a mouthful.

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WhiteLeopard · 22/04/2024 13:24

It does sound a bit dated. How about Andrea?

Whatthefrance2024 · 22/04/2024 13:24

Nope sorry thought it said Athena

Whatthefrance2024 · 22/04/2024 13:24

Love

oakleaffy · 22/04/2024 13:23

No- Reminds me of smug Anthea Turner.

Talipesmum · 22/04/2024 13:23

Really like it, my reference point is Five Children and It book series. She was a good character. I think it’s a nicely old fashioned, practical, sensible sounding name.

Damnyoureyessir · 22/04/2024 13:23

Anthea turner makes it seem very mumsy. Also it autocorrects to anthrax. Althea is a bit nicer.

DramaAlpaca · 22/04/2024 13:21

I'm sorry, but I strongly dislike Anthea, and Thea too.

I can't articulate why, but I don't seem to like 'Th' sounds in names for some probably quite irrational reason.

Apart from anything else, Anthea is very old fashioned I think. It's dated in a 1950s Carol, Barbara, Susan kind of way, rather than being quaintly old fashioned like names from the generation before like Edith, Mabel, Dorothy.

Give it another thirty years and it'll be back in fashion - unless you want to be well ahead of the curve!

Overtheatlantic · 22/04/2024 13:20

I don’t like it at all. I’m not sure why, maybe because it doesn’t flow well? Sorry 😔

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