Girls names ending in EE-ah?!

[crabette]

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?

[sherrystrull]

Thea
Leah
Clea
Tia
Ria

[ifigoup]

Gia
Pia
Aletheia
Surya

[Soandsoandso]

I also love the name Cecilia, CeCe for short

[ScottishMummy12]

Kia
Leah
Ria
Tia

[Hedgesfullofbirds]

Kezia or Keziah?

[Firebird83]

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

[SmellsLikeAHamsterCage]

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

[CoffeeRunner]

Alicia is pronounced Aleesha.

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

[elizabethdraper]

Naoise
Laoise
Fia

[CoffeeRunner]

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

[SitDownLars]

Alia

[VienneseWhirligig]

Keziah is Kez-EYE-Ah.

Maria
Alia
Sia
Samia

[BackforGood]

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]

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]

Ophelia?

[Gemma2019]

Aurelia

[LemonsYellow]

Maria

[NC4Now]

Claudia
Maria
Sophia
Aleeya
Lucia

[Keyperfect]

Maria is lovely!

[Cheeseycheeseycheesecheese]

Eliya

[sobsanta]

Tia
Thea
Rhea

[jessstan1]

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

[Lizzie523]

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]

Mia
Georgia
thea?

[elp30]

@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.