Thoughts on girls name list

[wheneverythinggoestitsup]

Amber
Thea
Hallie

My fave is Hallie but husband not that keen.

I love Thea

I like Hallie 

@cushioncuddle
Me too- but I feel off put at the thought of people pronouncing it Fear

Hallie

Thea

Thea.

How is Hallie pronounced? Ha-lee, or Hay-lee?

@HappyGoLuckyGo

Ha-lee

Mm. No, I’ll stick with Thea, although Hallie is pretty.

Due to my own name, I’m averse to anything with the slightest chance it can be mispronounced! Restricts me somewhat 😂

Thea but pronounced correctly- taya as in layer.

Or player - just realised we all pronounce layer differently. If you were pronouncing it Theee-ah, I’d go with Hallie.

Amber would be my choice

"Correct" pronunciation is Thea, as in Thee-ah. I have a Thea. Only one person calls her Fear, he's from Manchester.

Amber

Oh! Thea is pronounced taya? I thought is was THAY-UH.

In that case none. Sorry.

Globally it’s definitely Taya and that’s the only way I’ve ever heard it pronounced. Like The au lait!

I like Thea

Ahhh! I get it now! Thank you! Learned something new today!

@MissLanes I only know because I was tired of getting bollocked every time I did a new register or call sheet and said “Thee -a”. I always got a very stern “Tay-a” back with an eye roll.

I thought it would be like Theodore or Dorothea, but my PHD Linguist friend corrected me.

A previous poster calls her daughter Thee-a though so it’s probably been Anglicised and you can get away with any pronunciation! I know a Thalia known as tha-lia rather than Ta-lia. Anything goes now.

Thee-a
Thaya-
Tee-a

Love Hallie, prefer the look of it spelt Halle

Thanks, ShadyLady53! So, what language or culture is Thea, when it's pronounced Tay-a? Gaelic? Scottish?

I knew an adorable Halle Rose. Absolute pleasure to teach and it made me like the name as it really suited her to a t.

I love Amber

Would be pronounced Thee-a after DHs grandmother who is called Dorothea

@MissLanesAmericanCousin German, Dutch, French, Spanish, Italian, most Slavish and Ancient/Classical languages like Latin and Greek...I could go on. I’d think it may be Thee-a in Scots Gaelic but I don’t know for sure...I only guess as I know a Scottish Dorotheeeea.

I worked with German Theo’s and Theodores that were pronounced Tayo and Tayodore. They don’t use the Th sound.