Amelie or Thea?

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Cant decide!

Pressed post too soon! Dd due in August. Does anyone know any little ones with either of these names?

Love both! Think I slightly prefer Amelie because there’s a bigger choice of nns

I know a Thea and personally not a fan of that name at all

Amelie is pretty

I love Amelie but it’s so common now! Ds has 4 in his class alone.

Amelie is my preference. I don't know any but know 3 girls with the similar Amelia.

Both nice names.

My reservation with Amelie is that it is a very ‘girly’ name which might not suit all women. I absolutely love it as a name, but it’s not an name I’d want for myself (not girly, work in male-dominated industry)

Both are lovely! I think Amelie is prettier, Thea is stronger sounding.

Thea

@TheSockMonster

Both nice names.

My reservation with Amelie is that it is a very ‘girly’ name which might not suit all women. I absolutely love it as a name, but it’s not an name I’d want for myself (not girly, work in male-dominated industry)

Well I know a recently transitioned transwoman called Amelie in a very male dominated STEM environment; IKWYM but it's not put her off choosing it 🙂

I prefer Thea or Theodora for greater potential for future nns. I have both names in very close family so like both.

I prefer Amelie because I don’t like the sound of Thea in certain accents when it is pronounced with more of an f sound. Also if she ever decides to move abroad or do a languages degree or something then lots of countries can’t pronounce th.

Thea, definitely. I knew a Theodora born a couple of years ago. Her parents called her Teddy, which I'm not a fan of, but Dora is a lovely nn too.

Amelie is ok, it's quite sweet. I think it sounds much nicer with a French accent and loses something over here... it's a bit too 'girly' for me and will merge with the Amelias / Emelias.

Neither.

Amelie is getting less popular and peaked years ago, and there are lots of Amelias and similar names.

Thea will have lots of Theos , Theas and Mias in her age group.

Thea is lovely. Amelie is nice but very overused in my area (south east). Not sure if that's the same across the board.

I know a lot of babies and younger kids named both. So if their popularity bothers you I'd pick something else.

Thea

I love both names equally so I’m not sure which one I would pick. Maybe wait to see when she’s here and then pick which one suits her best.

I love Thea. But I live in an area where Th is often pronounced as F. So it doesn't really work!

Thea

I prefer Amelie because I don’t like the sound of Thea in certain accents when it is pronounced with more of an f sound.

This. I live in London and hear lots of Fee-a, Aaa-fa, Maa-Fa. Bleurgh.

Amelie, a lot of small children struggle with the "Th" sound, it could be years before she's able to pronounce Thea correctly.

Both gorgeous. I would choose Thea personally just because I love it.

Both lovely.
I would go for Thea

Thea is lovely but lots of people may not pronounce it with the TH, so will become Fee-a. If that’s an issue then go with Amelie

@Laci3Pound amelie isn’t easy either! My amelie called herself Nannery for years

My 5 yr old is called Thea. We chose it because it was short and simple . Shes suits it and lots of people always say wow havent heard that before or thats not common! Some of her peers do struggle and she gets Fee-a but she doesnt mind and not do i