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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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sherrystrull · 20/11/2020 23:09

Thea
Leah
Clea
Tia
Ria

ifigoup · 20/11/2020 23:15

Gia
Pia
Aletheia
Surya

Soandsoandso · 20/11/2020 23:17

I also love the name Cecilia, CeCe for short Smile

ScottishMummy12 · 20/11/2020 23:21

Kia
Leah
Ria
Tia

Hedgesfullofbirds · 20/11/2020 23:24

Kezia or Keziah?

Firebird83 · 20/11/2020 23:56

Cassiopeia
Dorothea
Hania
Thalia (can sometimes be pronounced tha-LEE-ah although I prefer the Thalia pronunciation)

SmellsLikeAHamsterCage · 20/11/2020 23:59

Alicia pronounced ah-liss-ee-ah or ah-lees-ee-ah not ah-leesh-ah

CoffeeRunner · 21/11/2020 00:04

Alicia is pronounced Aleesha.

If you want Alyssia you need to use the correct spelling for that name.

elizabethdraper · 21/11/2020 00:06

Naoise
Laoise
Fia

CoffeeRunner · 21/11/2020 00:06

And Lucia is not Loo-see-ah. It’s Loo-chee-ah.

SitDownLars · 21/11/2020 00:07

Alia

VienneseWhirligig · 21/11/2020 00:09

Keziah is Kez-EYE-Ah.

Maria
Alia
Sia
Samia

BackforGood · 21/11/2020 00:09

Alicia is pronounced Aleesha.

Only sometimes. You'd be surprised if you came to my home City just how many different ways people spell and pronounce names.......

Leah
Mia
Thea
Ria are the ones I came up with

IamnotwhouthinkIam · 21/11/2020 00:11

Girls names ending in -ia are my fave, but when thinking about it most of them don't seem to put the emphasis on the "ee -ah" at the end, especially 4 syllable ones like Amelia and Olivia. Even names like Julia, Claudia, Lydia etc often seem to emphasise the first syllable.

Maybe more obscure/less popular 3 syllable ones like Annia, Junia, Cassia, Malia, Talia etc could work because you could use the emphasis you prefer, since so few girls are given the name each year. For example some say "Muh -LEE- Ah (the emphasis you like), others might say "MAH - lee -ah" or the Roman Annia was most likely pronounced "Ah -NEE- ah" rather than like Anya.

Otherwise you might be safer with the two syllable Nia, Gia, Tia or Zia (even Thea is sometimes pronounced "Tay -ah".)

Gemma2019 · 21/11/2020 00:25

Ophelia?

Gemma2019 · 21/11/2020 00:42

Aurelia

LemonsYellow · 21/11/2020 00:54

Maria

NC4Now · 21/11/2020 00:55

Claudia
Maria
Sophia
Aleeya
Lucia

Keyperfect · 21/11/2020 00:59

Maria is lovely!

Cheeseycheeseycheesecheese · 21/11/2020 01:01

Eliya

sobsanta · 21/11/2020 01:01

Tia
Thea
Rhea

jessstan1 · 21/11/2020 01:03

Lavinia
Leticia
Alicia (never Alesha or Aleesha)
Patricia - bit old fashioned but pleasant - Pat - maybe due a comeback.
Amelia

Lizzie523 · 21/11/2020 01:06

Going to throw Riah into the mix as I havebt seen that spelling yet. Went to school with one, never met another since. Unique.

Tiredbutwireless · 21/11/2020 01:25

Mia
Georgia
thea?

elp30 · 21/11/2020 01:29

@CoffeeRunner

And Lucia is not Loo-see-ah. It’s Loo-chee-ah.

My daughter is Lucia but it's pronounced, "Loo-see-ah". My family is Mexican and it is pronounced that way in Spanish.

"Loo-chee-ah" is an Italian pronunciation.

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