How would you pronounce 'Thea'?

[thehogopogo]

And if you don't mind, whereabouts are you from?

[EBearhug]

The Alethea I knew was Alla-thee-uh.

[TruthSweet]

I have an Alethea (Ah-lee- thee-uh) who's nn is Thea (Thee-uh).

Only trouble is the local prn is Ah-lee-fee-Ahh.

[TheyGotTheMustardOut]

Thee - to rhyme with Fee and a soft th sound - ah.

I am mixed descent, all UK based, and live in Wales but have lived all over.

[KleineDracheKokosnuss]

Thee-a if in England
Tay-a if in Germany

[chrome100]

I had one in my class at school as a kid who pronounced it Thee-ah

But I know one as an adult who pronounces it Tay-ah. But she is half Dutch.

[Sighing]

The -ah (th from theology) as in The-oh (Theo) the boys name. From Cambridgeshire.

[VixxFace]

South London too guess that's why I say fee ah

[massagegirl]

Theo with an a. South london and have a dd called it!

[PallasCat]

Thee-uh.
London origins.

[lurkymclurkerson]

Thee - uh (soft/long th)

From the East Midlands

[dontcallmelen]

Another Fee-ah here sarf London.

[DoloresLandingham]

Thee-ah, with a soft 'th', unless there was a French connection or the name was spelt Théa, in which case 'Tay-a'.

[Toptack]

Taya

[mygreeneyedboy]

I'm going to be different and say I automatically think it's "tee a" but that's because that is how they say it in Norway where my DP's cousin's child has the name!
Thee-a is probably how I would have said it without this scandi influence in me! (I'm from East Anglia)

[Wishful80sMontage]

Thee-ah I'm from the midlands

[loolah83]

Tay-ah...I'm Irish but living in Lancs.

[MirandaGoshawk]

From Sarf London

[MirandaGoshawk]

The-uh, as in the first part of 'theology' (but a, as in bat)

[Coffeemarkone]

Taya

[MamaLazarou]

It's Fee-a in my accent (London).

[merrymouse]

I would also pronounce Catherine as 'Cathrin', although in other parts of Europe it would be pronounced more like 'Catreen'. Nothing wrong with Tay-uh, but I think Thee-uh is the more common British pronunciation.

[BishopBrennansArse]

Tay-uh
South East

[murphys]

Purple I agree with you, but that is how its pronounced here.

I am in South Africa though, we have some wonderfully spelt and homemade names here

[AmysTiara]

I would say Th ee a but I used to know one who pronounced it Taya like layer. I'm in north west England.

[purplemunkey]

I don't understand that at all murphys. They are two different names, especially as you font even need to spell Tia out phonetically, it's seemingly understood that it's pronounced Tee-uh.

I've only ever heard Thee-uh and Tay-uh but it seems like there are more variations.