Thoughts on the name Fia/Thea

[Lauren1x]

What do you ladies think to the name Fia (pronounce the same as Thea)? TIA x

I think Fia short for Sophia is nice. I really don't like Thea. It just sounds incomplete to me, a 'meh' sound rather than a name.

I always enjoy the "I can't pronounce stuff properly so I think the name you want to call your child is awful and doesn't exist".

I don't think it's actually possible to be more insular and aggressively ignorant than that.

I have always struggled to pronounce TH's, which DH finds hilarious...anyway, when I tried to suggest Thea as a name for DD he laughed and said I would always pronounce it Fia by mistake. They are different names and not sure how they are the same OP?

My daughter is a Fia, short for Sophia as that is how she said her name when she started talking.

I pronounce "fear" as one syllable (I thought everyone did), so Fia really doesn't sound much like it, due to having two quite distinct syllables, like Thea.

I had to say "fear" out loud in an English accent several times then to understand how on earth you would pronounce it with one syllable! But I am Welsh so there's no such thing as a one syllable word ;)

www.howmanysyllables.com/words/fear

I think that Thea is charming.

Fia, like Terra and Horra, should only be used for over 12s after 9pm.

I do know Mia, Tia, Clea though.

Fia is a lovely name, very popular in Sweden. Go for it!

I know a Fia. I think its a lovely name

I know a woman named Fiammetta nn Fia. She's really lovely :)

Fia is a great name imo.

I really like how those two names sound, but I think Fia is a nono. It's just 'Fear when you hear it, obviously a negative thing! It's like calling your child 'Terra' or something.

How about Fiona, Flora, Pheobe etc? :)

It's just 'Fear when you hear it

Except when you hear it without an r that isn't there. Then it sounds nothing like fear.

I think people who only see it written will possibly pronounce it 'Fear'. And of course, not everyone has the same accent so you can't guarantee the pronunciation will always sound like 'Fia" with no R

Just thinking about it, whether 'r' sounds end up in things is quite unpredictable. My aunt, Fiona often has her name pronounced Fionurrr. Not always Fio-nah!

Fionurr 😥

If I'd hear Fia from someone I'd think they couldn't pronounce 'Th'! Thea is lovely

Or Fia as Fear. So a no from me.

FIA alone is really chavvy , Thea is lovely

Plus, my name is Sophia and I hate fia - phi is ok, soph is fine, fia is not

some you may hate being called fia as your name is Sophia but you had bothered to RTFT you'd realise Fia is an Irish name not a shortened version of Sophia

I know a little Thea, it's a lovely name. Fia makes me think of a Fiat - sorry!