Thoughts on the name Taya?

[CherryJones]

To rhyme with 'layer' or ' payer'

Considering it but not sure. Don't like Thea

There was a Tayah in married at first sight and although she was a nice girl I couldn’t help thinking why her (lovely) mum gave her such a name.

I knew a Teyah. I prefer your spelling. I’m not 100% keen! Prefer Freya but there are a lot of them about.

Quite chav

Until MAFSUK I have only ever met one Taya- not spelt that way though.

I know of 2 Taya's. Ones a few months old and the other is probably around 13 or 14 now. I think it's a great name! Uncommon but easy to spell and pronounce.

I like Tala.

The one I know definitely isn’t chav! She’s very posh! Her sisters have posh names!

My step daughter is called Taya. Personally it wouldn’t be my choice but it doesn’t get mispronounced that I’ve heard.

My daughters best friend is Tayah (prefer this spelling)
My neighbours granddaughter is Taya.

I like the name.

Interesting that you said you don't like Thea, because where I'm from Thea is pronounced Taya (I believe it's French in origin so this is the original pronunciation, could be wrong though). Obviously the Thee-uh pronunciation is the norm here in the UK though.

I like Thea pronounced Taya but don't like Taya spelt like that (or Thea pronounced any other way)! 🤣 Sp sorry not much help.

Maybe Téa? Accent would be a pain, however.

Taya doesn’t sound like layer to me.
I know a Téa, pronounced like Taya. She’s from an Italian background.
I would also assume the French pronunciation of Thea before Taya.
However, it’s fine.

I think if I saw the name Taya written down, I would hesitantly pronounce it to rhyme with layer, but wouldn't be 100% certain that it shouldn't rhyme with higher. Like the Maya/Maya confusion, basically, although the other way round me for me: I assume Maya should rhyme with higher, but a lot of people default to it rhyming with layer. I can see this always being a bit of an issue with Taya. (Btw, before anyone complains, I'm aware this rhyming comparison only really works for English accents, but I'm tired and don't currently have the mental capacity to think up words that rhyme in Scottish/American/Canadian etc accents, sorry. OP seems to have a non-rhotic accent anyway.)

I prefer Talia or Rhea, which have some similar sounds but feel more established and classic. I also like Téa, but people miss off accents in this country quite a bit, and you couldn't be sure she wouldn't be called "tea" occasionally...

To pps, Thea is Greek in origin, and pronounced a bit like Thaya (Greek and English both have the "th" sound). I quite like the French pronunciation, though, but think if you're in the UK, people will default to the British version.

IMO Tayah would be pronounced roughy to rhyme with layer

Taya is more confusing. Could be above or like tie-a. See also Maya. Confusing.

Don't like either though, sorry.

@CherryJones

To rhyme with 'layer' or ' payer'

Considering it but not sure. Don't like Thea

It wouldn't have crosses my mind to pronounce it like you say. It sounds like Tah-ya to me.

Anyway... it sounds silly and made-up and I wouldn't use it.

I would say awful but then I've recently met one (young adult) and she's awesome so it's kind of changed my image of the name!

My three year old loves making up names at the moment - this is something she would come up with.

It’s ok, I don’t dislike it but it’s a bit nothingy. It reminds me of vegan cheese brand Daiya.

I'd never guess it was to rhyme with layer. Taya looks like it rhymes with Kaya (Ka-ya)

I'd pick another spelling like Teyah

@Toottooot

Surely you need the R on the end or nobody will pronounce correctly. Awful either way.

Then you end up like the woman I know with the name 'Linder' whose parents presumably couldn't spell 'Linda'. Except she then got a job in Scotland where we pronounce the letter 'r'.

@elfran Thea is pronounced taya in German as well. Dorothea was quite popular for a while.

My sisters name is Thea but pronounced "Tay-ah" as my mum is Dutch.

@TuftyMarmoset
It’s still not the same though, because the accent is so different. Many names sound better in other languages because of how they pronounce the vowels - especially the proper emphasis on the ‘a’ at the end which in English becomes a short and unimpressive ‘uh.’