Alternative to Thea?

[Leeloo1233]

I have always loved the name Thea but my friend gave it to her daughter about a year ago. Any alternatives that I could use? We are a French/English and Finnish couple and it is hard to find a name that fits on all languages and Thea was exactly this :(

Just use Thea then.

Use Thea - people are usually flattered that you think they have great taste, rather than annoyed.

Otherwise:

Zena
Anna
Silva
Maria

Prepare for about 1000 posters to tell you that no one owns a name and you should use it anyway.

They are right. If you really love it that much then it doesn't matter that your friend used it. It's a pretty common name nowadays, it really won't matter. If anything, its a compliment that you both think it's such a lovely name.

Use Thea.

If you had said your sister used it a year ago then obviously that would make it unusable but a friend even if it was your best friend in the whole world nah I would still be using the name.

Sylvia
Stella
Anna
Tanya

I wouldn't use the same name as a friend only people on mn seem to do that , I don't know anyone that h as done that irl. People might pretend to be flattered but really they aren't

I would also not use the same name as a friend.

Freya
Anna
Mia

Would you have been pronouncing it 'tee-ah'? Or 'they-ah'?

Ria
Tia(h)
Nia

Freya
Leah

How about Althea? Just that little bit different.

Mia, Eva, Astrid, Ingrid, Freya, Mila,

Elsa?

Dorothea
Dorothy
Anthea
Theodora

Variations on a theme - Althea or Dorothea?

Otherwise:

Marta/Martha
Cecile
Esmë
Zoë

Dorothea
Althea

Sanna
Maya
Marie
Pia

DD1 has a Thea and Tia in her class at school. Their mum’s are friends as well.

My mother’s name is Cynthia. Her older friends and family call her “Thea”.

Thanks for all the comments. It is a tough one because we are childhood friends and even though live in different countries still stay in touch quite a bit. We are desperate though.

Other options we have are Hilma and Ida, both Finnish names

Hilma and Ida are both really lovely

Oh my gosh, just read that you live in different countries - DEFINITELY go for Thea, if it's your pref!!

Sophie/Sophia
Nina
Victoria
Suzanna
Juliet
Heidi
Pheobe
Beth
Grace
Hazel
Isobel

Just seen your update, If you are in different countries and the children won’t be growing up together then it’s fine I think as that’s pretty different, I would mention it first though

Ada, Annika, Elise, Hanna, Lea, Marina, Matilda/Tilda, Minna, Sara?

Sophia or Sofia

If you live in different countries then you'd be mad not to go for it! But your alternatives are both pretty and manage to do that quite difficult job of being both unusual and not difficult to spell at the same time, so you're onto a winner either way.

Clio
Zoe
Zara
Anya
Greta