help us pick a girl name - Arusha or Rhea

[RedRobin1]

Please could you help us choose from these two - Arusha or Rhea for a girl?

Asha?

If you want Anglo Indian then go with Ria - it comes from the word for singer.

My mm is Ria and I have Indian.heritage, that's why I have that nn rather than the more 'obvious' options for my name.

mm = nn!

I think they're both terrible. Arusha sounds made up. Or like urethra. And Rhea is the name of one of my mum's dogs. With the same spelling. Sorry.....

I like your suggested different spelling of Rhea

I like Mila. Arusha not at all keen on. Rhea but only spelt Reah.

Arusha (besides being a town in Tanzania I've visited) does slightly make me think of arse and flush.

Rhea seems like a real name and sounds pretty in itself other than the urea potential for sagging. But the name is strong enough to hold its own against that I think.

They're both beautiful names OP. I'm thinking along similar lines for my baby girl. I love Rani but doesn't work well with our surname (too many R's and we are both RR too!)

Rhea makes me think of rear, ie arse
Arusha is better

Rhea is a lovely name but she is SO going to have 8 year olds chanting "diah-Rhea!" at her...

What Lucas said. I had a friend at school who hated her brother's girlfriend Rhea so she called her Gonor-Rhea.

Rhea/ Ria is popular here. There are 3 in ds class. Big , little and naughty they are known as !

Rhea would be my choice. I also know a girl with this name who is absolutely delightful. It's a soft, gentle sounding name whereas Arusha sounds harsher & not as beautiful.

I like Arusha. Rhea, not so keen.

Not keen on Arusha, not really sure why, it's a bit Scheherazade-y for my taste.

I love Mila.

I also love the magnificent Rhea Perlman.

Anousha?

Rhea makes me think of diahorrea, sorry! Spelling it Ria would help a little (but not with the sound, obviously!).

Arusha is better.

I had a cat called Rhea once. I like it.

My SIL is anglo/indian mixed race and is called Sansha, which was made up by my PILs because my PIL liked an Indian Actress called Shahensha Begum.