Thea

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Thoughts please!

Thee-ah or Tay-ah?

Either way, lovely.

I was thinking thee-ah.
An old boss had a daughter with the name and I can't get it out of my head with baby girl due in 2 weeks!

Really pretty name. Wish I'd thought of it for DD

Would it be short for Dorothea?
Like it either way.

DC2 was going to be called Thea or Alethea but he was a boy. Then DC3 was going to get it but he was also a boy, so never got to use it

Love it.

We say it Thee-a

I would assume it was thee ah. Love it! Good luck for two weeks time!

Love it - would def. say Thee-ah

Like it best as short for Dorothea, Alethea or Althea

I don't like it, sorry. It has a sighing sound to it.

Love it, had it earmarked each time, but 3 x DSs later it remains unused by me . For some reason, not so keen on Theo, so none of the DSs blessed with that one. Do love Thea, though - would go for it! Was the heroine of a slushy period romance I read in hospital aged 15 - she was Dorothea iirc, but always known as Thea, I think just Thea is great.

love it. prefer tey-ah.

Only if thee-ah

I love it, would be on my list if we ever have a dd 'Thea Rose' or 'Thea Rosa'

Love it.

What can I say lol!!

Never Tay ah and be prepared for some years of " fee a" from friends with speech immaturities - though it was never a teasing thing.

Everlong- totally agree . A name that grows up beautifully!
( just read my username!)

The Thea I know pronounces it Tee-ah

Blimey, an almost totally positive mn response. Now just need to persuade dh. I was set on Elsie until he spent months putting me off, to now say he prefers Elsie! Arrr men...

Or short for Anthea

I love Thea.

Elsa a possible compromise?

I really don't like it (nor Theo) as just don't like the sound...it reminds me of a boring librarian working in the history section of a library..it would also really irritate me when (and they will) people pronounce it Fee-a...

Along with Theo it seems to be quite "in" at the moment though and as per above comments the majority of MNetters like it - just not to my taste!

Good luck!

Don't really like it. It would be okay as a nn, but I'm not keen as it is, regardless of my stance on nns as fns.

I have a Thea, which in her case is short for Alethea. She gets called both though depending on mood her real NN is Theadopolopodus.