Naomi, Hope or Thea

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What do you reckon is the nicer?

Thea! It's my favourite girls name too - I was so disappointed when hubby vetoed it. Quite beautiful.

Naomi but only by default.

Thea is just the most meh non-name I've heard in a long time. There is nothing feminine or memorable about it. Instantly forgettable.

Hope is a no for me because of the virtue/religious connotations.

Naomi imo is a wee bit dated but it is pretty so it would be my choice of the 3.

Thea, was my name for a girl for DS2.

I LOVE it!

Non name my arse!

Thea if forced to choose one.

Naomi just looks like a collection of letters thrown together. Hope is just such a silly name. Thea looks like it should be short for something.

definitely Thea

Naomi is a lovely name! Should be pronounced 'Nay oh me' though, not 'Nigh oh me' like the way some people say it.

I don't agree that it's dated, I actually think it's one of those names that isn't associated to a particular era, I know a few Naomis, from aged 88 down to 2 years old.

Hope is ok, Thea quite nice too.

Maggie kicks the arse of Thea!! It's a proper feisty character-filled name with tradition behind it (so much so that I can forgive the Thatcher association).

Not insipid and wet like Thea.

Bunny, don't be so rude, we all have different tastes, some of the posters on this thread have a Thea!

Couldn't get the image of Thatcher out of my head, or the sucking girl out of the Simpsons with Maggie, tbh.

Thea, definitely. Naomi's awful, and I always think if you name a child one of those 'virtue' names like Hope, they'll turn out to be the most hopeless person ever.

I like all three, but Thea is lovely!

Thea is very pretty and my Fav (maggie sounds common sorry)

Thea!! It's a lovely name. Not bland in the slightest.

I've never met a Thea so it's very unusual IMO.

I like Naomi but DH objects because he says he went out with a girl called Naomi once who was very silly.

I like them all

DD2 was called Hope

and DS1 was going to be called Thea

Naomi my least fav of the three but still like it.

Love Thea, would use Theadora as a full name and shorten to Thea.

Hope lovely as well, both beautiful names.

Naomi and Hope are both lovely. Preference for Naomi.

Don;t like Thea.

I adore Thea. Hoping to maybe have a Thea myself one day but unfortunately DH thinks it's "odd". What does he know...

Would possibly consider Theodora as the birth certificate name as it has a bit more gravitas.

As a Thea myself I am slightly biased but I love love love it as a name. It is commented on as being a lovely name by nearly everyone I meet for the first time or give my name to over the phone.

I like Naomi and Hope too by the way. And i have a vested interest in warding off the scary increase in popularity of Thea (most people I meet have still never met a Thea but if MN is anything to go to I think it's going to get very popular!) but I'd say that if you go with it you won't regret it!