Reia or Indie?

[flowertot19]

Hi ladies,

I’ve struggled with a baby girls name for as long as I can remember. I’ve never particularly loved any, and now that I am 32 weeks pregnant with a baby girl I’m in panic mode 😂 my DS is called Sonny, which my partner chose and I happened to love. This time my partner isn’t too bothered on names so it is more or less down to me.

I loved Maia, but my ex best friend has just called her baby girl this.

The middle name for Indie would be Rae, as it is my sisters middle name and I think it flows nicely. ‘Indie Rae’ I would also add in my mothers name who sadly passed away which is ‘Tracey’ as a second middle name.

Reia obviously wouldn’t be able to have Rae as the middle name. So it would just be Reia with Tracey as the middle name.

Any suggestions would also be amazing!

Surely Rhea is Ree - uh not Ray-uh. I pronounced as you expected OP.

I pronounced as expected too. Rhea - ree-ah. Raya - rye-ah, same as Maya (Raya and the Last dragon). Reia - Ray-ah.

Neither really... Indie sounds like a little girls nn and Reia like a depressed 50s barmaid.

How about Aurelia? Rae for short -

Indie is truly awful.

We are Welsh so the pronunciation would most definitely be ‘Ray-uh’

Very helpful 😂

Reia

@SummaLuvin

Is Reia pronounced Ray-A? Assuming so, Tracey and Rae/Reia are sonically very similar due to the 'ray' sound in the middle. For me this would put me off Indie Rae Tracey, or Reia Tracey, but given how meaningful the name is to you this might not be important

I quite like Indie, but prefer Reia. Both pretty, slightly unusual, but feel familiar.

Yes exactly that, Ray-a! Definitely not important as Tracey will be in there regardless of which name giving how meaningful it is

Thank you

Reia but would spell Rhea or Raya depending on how you want it pronounced unless you’re ok with explaining the pronunciation a lot

@flowertot19

We are Welsh so the pronunciation would most definitely be ‘Ray-uh’

Love India!

Other suggestions:

Paloma
Ophelia
Carys
Sia
Leila
Lucia
Rhea
Dulcie
Poppy
Sunny

Indie Rae

For Raia, are you with Rhea (flowing stream)or Raya as the root name ( friend to all in arabic)?

I like Raya. Otherwise I'd pick Indie.

I like indie! I think it’s cute for a little girl but quite cool and bohemian sounding for a teen or an adult ☺️

Reia, because Indie is a really stupid name, can't imagine why it's become popular. It's a slang adjective, as in 'indie music', nothing more. India is better, but Reia overall, it sounds like an actual name.