Opinions on Taya

[itwilldomebad]

What do you think?

My elderly relative called Thalia was born in the 1930s. Her mother wanted a very unusual name so went for Thalia, pronouncing it Thay-le-a. I don't think she would've been aware of alternative pronunciations, she just chose a name she'd found when reading a book about Greek mythology.

I think my relative called Thalia would be absolutely delighted that the name has been revived recently as Tar-le-a or Tay-le-a!

Interesting about different pronunciations in different locations -this Thalia was from North West England.

Are you black, OP?

SugarMouse Why?

Thanks all for opinions.

I want a name that means princess but DP thinks it's chavvy. I want to change his mind though.
He likes Franchesca or Roberta.
I am thinking Mae or Mai, Grayce for middle name.

I adore it, i know two, one is 9 the second is 4 and was named Taya because i mentioned the older Taya to my best friend who fell in love with the name.
Both utterly gorgeous girls, neither in the least "chavvy"

My DD's friend is Taya, not the least bit chavvy.

My reaction was pretty name, may be "made up" but if it is Taya sounds like it is a traditional name somewhere in the world.

Conclusion: like it

Prefer Thea

But I knew a Théo who pronounced it teyo so I suppose taya could be written Théa. Please write it Théa. It looks so much better.

I am with your DP on this.

Is there a particular reason you don't like correct spellings of names (Mae, Mai)

Does it mean princess?

I had a quick google and found it is short for the Russian Taisiya which means favourite. Maybe your dh would prefer that if he likes longer names. Also maybe Tiana? Tatiana?
Or does he like Maya?

Taya is much nicer than Tia which clearly means aunt

I also agree with your DP. Francesca would be my spelling however, not Franchesca. Roberta I wouldn't choose because I don't like the NN Bobbie.

I would spell the MN Grace, not Grayce, and Mae, not Mai.

Google reveals it's of Greek origin and means 'poor one', English, from the name Taylor, and also apparently Japanese for 'valley field', so imo it's made up.

Taisiya sounds lovely.