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 :(

Love suggestions phoebe and Heidi too

Thora?

More Scandinavian than Finnish, but I really like the name.

Although I think Swedish is a relatively well-known language in Finland.

If you love the name Thea, then name your daughter Thea. I called my daughter Darcie which I had chosen for her when I was very young. If a friend had a daughter first and named her Darcie, I would congratulate her on having such great choice in names. Your baby, your choice for name. Don't care what anybody says.

Cleo

Thalia is beautiful

Dora?

I've always loved Thea (I have a Theo).

She's in another country, so the children won't play together often - I'd call her Dorothea and use Thea as a short name.

Ooooo I absolutely love Ida!!

Thea is a beautiful name. If you're worried about your friend getting upset, talk to her about it. Let her know how you feel. She will probably be very excited. I would never had chosen different names for my 2 children based on friends baby being born first and had your favourite name stolen 😆

Otherwise, what about

Dia
Tia
Kia
Mia

Thanks really nice comments and name suggestions here! I guess I should have told her more directly at the time that Thea was one of my favourite names, so it wouldn't look so much like I'm stealing the name now :/ We have a mutual friendship group that gets together few times a year so it might get a bit akward, but I doubt that we will ever live in the same country again.

Hilma is a beautiful name. I think it's even prettier than Thea😊

I have a Thea, Its a lovely name and if you like it, Still use it!

Maybe Hilda? Love Hilda.

Go for Thea
Ida is a poor second, and Hilma... no
But if not then Anna, Hanna(h), Sara(h), Emma, Katrina or Maria are all pretty universal in Europe - and poss Stella, Tessa, Elsa, Elisa, Ella, Freya, Thora, Lara also

What about Tove? I believe it's Swedish but Tove Jansson was Finnish so could that be a goer, or is it considered very old-fashioned?

I think it's lovely.

Oh I LOVE Ida! And Hilma is nice too. Imo they are both really lovely and much more original than Thea which is becoming very common. I also think you could just use Thea though if that's your favourite - maybe just talk to your friend about it? Pretend you don't know the baby's sex yet and say 'We have Thea on our list in case it's a girl, would you find that really weird? I've loved the name forever.'

Please use Thea. Its beautiful.
Esp if you aren't in the same country.
I don't like your other names. Sorry

Tuula