If I said Téa ....

[indianaJames]

Would you struggle knowing how to pronounce this name? Or is it a non issue?

My understanding is it's pronounced 'tay-ah'
Please correct me if I'm wrong!
Thank you

I also say tay-ah.

I'd assume it was tea-ah and short for Teresa or Dorothea or something.

My eyesight isn't very good so i would probably say 'tee'.

It's pretty, but she'll spend her whole life with people calling her tea.

Yes to tay-ah. Although that's thanks to Terry Pratchett's assassin Teatime, pronounced 'Teh-ah-tim-eh', which probably isn't the best association...

Honestly, i would say Tee-ah. (The accent over the E is likely to get lost at times).

I'd think tee-a then wonder if it was tay-a

I first thought "tea" but then I looked properly - I would say Taya

And it is very hard to type on a computer keyboard, not many people know how to do an e acute. It's OK on a phone though.

But why give you kid a name that is hard to type (assuming you are not in France?)

I am more used to it being spelt Thea.

But of course many people would not pronounce that the French way here.

Interesting feedback. Thank you!
Looks like it's a tricky name

AltoCation very good point about keyboard

I wouldn't saddle my kid with a tricky name that's why I'm asking.

Yes, I'm of french heritage but I don't think that has much bearing. I don't think a name belongs to countries but I do appreciate its perhaps too hard outside France

Some alternatives might be Thea, Theodora, Tia, Althea.

Wouldn't know, would look it up

I would not know how to pronounce it and so would go with 'tea' .

I agree that names don't belong to countries, but in France Thea would be pronounced with a T sound at the beginning, and in the UK with a TH sound.

Actually here it is generally pronounced Th-ee-ah, but in France Tay-a

Tala
Freya
Tia

Téa is pronounced Té-a (é like café)

It is NOT pronounced Tay-a!

I would be unsure.

I would say Taya but agree about the accent getting missed. I would consider an alternative spelling if you've got your heart set on it.

You really want to call your baby tea? Because that’s what she’ll be recorded as on any system which doesn’t support é.

When I first looked I thought Tia as in
Tia Maria.

If you like Taya why not call her that?

@Grufallosfriends

Téa is pronounced Té-a (é like café)

It is NOT pronounced Tay-a!

Isn’t café pronounced

Caff-ay though?
So it’s Tay-a by that logic.

Not all computer systems support accents in the U.K. because they aren't used in English. I wouldn't spell it Tea, I m on my phone and no accents are available! Thea is a lovely name

I would say Tea like the drink. If it was spelt Thea I would say it like fe-a, with a th soft F sound

It looks lovely. Accents are a PITA for lots of reasons though. Shame because I really like it.