How would you pronounce ...

[limpingbarnacle]

Thalia? And any other suggestions for girl or boy names DH and I might like?

I’d pronounce the ‘th’ in that- personally I prefer Talia or Tahlia although I think that theoretically the pronunciation is the same! It was one of dh’s favourite names but I just couldn’t get my head around the pronunciation. Like us it two syllables (tal-ya) or three (tah-lee-a)

Tah-leah

Tally-ah

Tar leah

It's yer actual Greek

I would have said Th like thing, A like cat, lee yah THAlia. Maybe Talia is a better spelling if you want "t" not "th".

Tar-lee-er

It's a name I like but would never use due to the many available pronunciations.

I would try tah-lee-ah first and I can't even say why. It's the prettiest pr. by far to me and by putting the emphasis on the second syllable it doesn't roll off the tongue so I automatically want to put it on the first.

My guess is that tha-ly-ah is correct in English which I dislike (not sure, though).

I also think there are many correct pronunciations of this name so you can't really say that one pronunciation is incorrect, it's just a different language, which makes it harder to determine a pronunciation. Ancient Greek, modern Greek, English.

I visited Germany quite a few times and there is a book store chain called Thalia and it's correctly said tah-lee-ah in German. I believe in greek it's thal-ya or tha-lee-ah.

tah-lee-ah
tah-lee-ah
tha-lee-ah
tha-lee-ah
tah-ly-ah
tah-ly-ah
tha-ly-a
tha-ly-a
thal-ya
tahl-ya
etc.

It's just too complicated.

I would pick the Hebrew Talia instead which I also pr. tah-lee-ah. At least it eliminates some of the pronunciations.

Tah-lee-ah
That's how I would pronounce it x

With a th at the begining
And to rhyme with azalea

Tah-lee-ah

but I wouldn't feel sure

Surely if you have to ask how to pronounce a name it can't be the right one instinctively?

My name is Talia
I pronounce it Tally - a
98% of people I meet pronounce it tarlia

It's a problematic name
🤣
I'd probably pronounce Thalia like Thally a

Th-a-lea

This way, as I have known two Greek women named Thalia and this is the way they pronounced it. I didn’t know there were alternate pronunciations.

Tar Leah

I'd go with Tar-leah or Tha-leah, the first sounds more German to me and the second more Greek.

If you're looking for a name connected to the muses, why not consider Mnemosyne? 🤷

Tar lee ah

Is this a regional thing?! I've no idea why anyone would chuck random Rs in the pronunciation 🤦🏽‍♀️

I'm in Scotland, I would say Tally-a

Tar-lee-uh.

Personally though I would steer clear of names where there's any ambiguity over pronunciation or spelling.

@FootballisLife i don't think it is! I speak with people from all over the country on the phone and they usually guess at Tarlia!

Tar-lee-ah

I know one, and she pronounces it Thah-lee-a

The Greek name is pronounced with th-sound- it has θ as its first letter.

if you want T sound, I’d remove the h and go for Talia. Then it’ll just change depending on regional accent!

General rule of thumb...if you don't know how to pronounce or spell a name it's probably best to not use it. It's a Greek name.

She didn't say that she doesn't know how to pronounce it, she simply wants to know how other people would say it.

There is more than one correct pronunciation in Greek, by the way.