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Girls names ending in EE-ah?!

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crabette · 20/11/2020 22:34

I'm trying to think of girls names with a similar sound to Lucia, Mia, Sophia.

I should say I'm keen the emphasis is on the EE-ah sound at the end - i.e. not names like Amelia, Olivia, where the emphasis is on other parts of the name? If that makes sense!

Essentially Loos-EE-ah and Sof-EE-ah,
rather than Ah-meal-ya and Oh-liv-ya, as I love those too but can't handle them in my local accent!

Any suggestions?

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Buffledmom · 23/11/2020 22:09

Anayah

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Ellmau · 23/11/2020 21:39

Maria
Pia
Leah
Tia

Lucia is not Loo-see-ah. It’s Loo-chee-ah
Only if you're looking at it as the Italian name. Loos-see-ah is perfectly acceptable.

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cookiesdippedincream · 23/11/2020 17:37

Tia, Mia, Leah, Ria, Pia, Gia, Sia, Nia, Fia, Maria, Lucia, Sofia, Sharia-Law, Aaliyah, Julia, Valeria, Timothea

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Sarahandduck18 · 23/11/2020 11:49

Alexandria
Anastasia
Euphemia
Katia
Tia
Leah
Cassia
Christia
Kayleigha
Victoria
Thea
Aria
Acacia
Althea
Georgia
Rhea
Gia
Virginia
Medea
Horacia
Lorenthia
Josia
Julia
Kezia
Lelainia
Doria
Maria
Daria
Delia
Melania
Oria
Nalia
Oceania
Natalia
Talia
Flavia
Zaria

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TeaSoakedDisasterMagnet · 23/11/2020 11:33

@MikeUniformMike I don’t think they rhyme, but I don’t put the stress on LIV in Olivia. I put it on the -IA. Or rather via. Like in Maria- in my (northern) accent the stress falls on ria rather than Ma.

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janaus50s · 23/11/2020 10:09

Andrea, does that work?

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HunkyPunk · 23/11/2020 10:02

Lydia is a lovely name, but the stress is LYD ee ah, rather than the Lyd EE ah which the op would prefer!

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Pinkiii · 23/11/2020 09:55

Love the name taliya

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Patienceisvirtuous · 23/11/2020 08:25

Thea
Ophelia
Xanthea

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1starwars2 · 23/11/2020 08:24

Lydia is a lovely name.

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BrokenBrit · 23/11/2020 08:19

Maria
Aaliyah

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Chocolatedeficitdisorder · 23/11/2020 07:46

My DD is Leah. It's fine. I have no regrets.

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ShouldHaveCouldHaveWouldHave · 22/11/2020 20:23

Leia
Patrizia
Dia

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HolyMerlot · 22/11/2020 20:20

Marcia
(Mar-see-ah)

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MikeUniformMike · 22/11/2020 20:13

TeaSoakedDisasterMagnet - i used uppercase to indicate where the stress falls when you say it.

Mary - would be MAIR-ee
Marie - would be Muh-REE
Maria - Muh-REE-a

Sophie - SO-fee
Sophia - So-FEE-ah

Olive - OL-iv
Olivia - o-LIV-ee-a

but you say Olivia to rhyme with Maria and Sophia? I doubt it.

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LemonsYellow · 22/11/2020 19:54

@TeaSoakedDisasterMagnet
Are you sure you say Olivia like that? With the stress on the -vi? I’ve never heard of anyone ever pronouncing it anything like that, in life or in film/TV. The stress always goes on the -liv.

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TeaSoakedDisasterMagnet · 22/11/2020 19:49

Or more accurately lyd-yer

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TeaSoakedDisasterMagnet · 22/11/2020 19:48

@MikeUniformMike I don’t understand what you mean? I say Olivia as oliv-EE-a. The OP said that she thinks it’s said oliv-yah. Others have suggested Lydia- presumably with an ee-ah at the end but in our family it’s lyd-yah.

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shouldbedoinglaundry · 22/11/2020 19:10

Lucia is Loo-chee-a

I think you'd have a lot of correcting to do

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Sandcastles09 · 22/11/2020 05:36

Tia
Ria
Leah
Aria
Thea

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Onceuponatimethen · 22/11/2020 04:33

Dorothea nn Dotty

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violetbunny · 22/11/2020 01:55

Anthea

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MikeUniformMike · 21/11/2020 13:14

TeaSoakedDisasterMagnet, yes but they are o-LIV-ia or o-LIV-ee-a and a-MEE-lee-a not Oliv-EE-a and Amel-EE-a

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GanderousGoose · 21/11/2020 12:49

Most of the names here don't meet the OP's criteria. Like a PP said, though - names with the emphasis on the EE sound aren't very common. I can only think of:
Alia (pronounced ah-LEE-ah)
Maria
Sophia
Lucia
Mia/Tia etc

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Anoisagusaris · 21/11/2020 12:00

Patricia ends in a sha sound.

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