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Do you like Rhea for a girl?

65 replies

babysoon1 · 17/09/2010 20:35

I thought it seemed pretty and not too popular or unusual?

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geordieminx · 17/09/2010 20:40

Sorry but I would think diohorrea..

fanjoforthemammaries7850 · 17/09/2010 20:41

Makes me think of a large ostrich like bird.

thisisyesterday · 17/09/2010 20:41

I went to school with a Rhea

I have to admit it does make me think of diarrhoea though

Mum72 · 17/09/2010 20:42

Not keen myself. I had a neighbour who named thier DD Rhea and my very first thoughts were exactly as geordieminx has described.

Sorry.

lucysmum · 17/09/2010 20:42

how about Thea instead ?

Mum72 · 17/09/2010 20:43

Not keen myself. I had a neighbour who named thier DD Rhea and my very first thoughts were exactly as geordieminx has described.

Sorry.

Tortoise · 17/09/2010 20:43

My 1st thought was Gonorrhoea. Sorry.

Mum72 · 17/09/2010 20:43

oops posted twice!! Sorry I am sure you heard me the first time!

TessOfTheBurbs · 17/09/2010 20:47

It sounds exactly like "rear" in most English accents. Rear end was my first thought. Sorry.

ArghMyEyesMyEyes · 17/09/2010 20:48

No. No, I don't like it at all.

Sorry.

mathanxiety · 17/09/2010 20:48

Is it too late to say I like it? I don't have an English accent though.

I like Rita too.

babysoon1 · 17/09/2010 20:53

is it better spelt Ria?
really surprised about comments - I thought people would love it

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withorwithoutyou · 17/09/2010 20:54

I like Ria.

LowLevelWhiinging · 17/09/2010 20:55

Yep, too pooey.

Marrow · 17/09/2010 20:56

I love it and have a friend called Rhea. However, she says that her life was made a misery at school as she was called Diarrhoea

nigglewiggle · 17/09/2010 20:56

I like it, but I do prefer Ria as the spelling.

FiveOrangePips · 17/09/2010 21:02

Rhea is the image I get.

babysoon1 · 17/09/2010 21:08

oh no! I'm really gutted - really thought we were sorted on girls name. . .now you're all making me question it. I just thought Ria was lovely.

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SixtyFootDoll · 17/09/2010 21:09

Sorry no, Diaorrhea i'm afrid

usualsuspect · 17/09/2010 21:09

I like it

howdidthishappenthen · 17/09/2010 21:12

Yup, I'm picturing ostrich here to..

posey · 17/09/2010 21:14

Ria is nicer (like the mum in Butterflies...oh how I loved that programme [nostalgic emoticon]Grin

but rhea is definitely an ostrich I'm afrid

RunLyraRun · 17/09/2010 21:15

Slightly smaller than an ostrich? Same lovely eyelashes though.

spiderlight · 17/09/2010 21:17

Dredging up a very old memory, wasn't there a whole thing about the name of the character in Butterflies because the mother had decided on Ria and the father, who'd gone to register her, was a keen ornithologist?

RunLyraRun · 17/09/2010 21:18

aww it's sweet

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