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Talya/Talia/Tahlia

7 replies

Ruththetooth · 22/01/2013 21:28

What do you think? Never considered this until tonight and really not sure what I think of it. I seems that Talya is that traditional spelling (and I'm a bit of a stickler for these things) but the other spellings looks prettier to me.

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MrsLDTE · 22/01/2013 21:40

Tahlia is my favourite spelling!!
Talya looks like it's pronounced Tal-Yarrr to me,
hope this helps

narmada · 22/01/2013 23:57

The usual spelling is Thalia so I would go for that. Don't like creative spellings that much.

Ruththetooth · 23/01/2013 06:48

I'm not a fan of creative spelling either but it's not a name I'm particularly familiar with. From the brief research I've done, the spellings I've suggested seem to be Hebrew with Talya being the original (not keen though) and Thalia (which I hadn't come across) is from Greek mythology. Glad you suggested that one narmada. It's really growing on me. Not my usual type of name at all - usually more of a 'Martha' type but feel like going a bit more unusual if we have a girl. Would you pronounce it with a 'T' at the beginning or a 'Th'?

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boysarelikehogs · 23/01/2013 06:52

Pronounced Th will sound like Failure! I like it but know one pronounced T'leeah which is just wrong.

Harrysmummysarah1 · 23/01/2013 06:56

Talia defiantly

scaevola · 23/01/2013 07:03

I would spell it Thalia.

The Greek etymology is the 'normal' European one, and the other variants may be interpreted as creative.

lljkk · 23/01/2013 14:20

I only know it spelled as Talia, I know 2 (age 13 & 6).

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