How would you pronounce Theia?

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Question is in the title really!

Do you think it’s an odd name?

I really like the spelling and we have a strong Greek surname so I feel like it fits better. Which pronunciation do you like best?

All opinions welcome! I hope I don’t regret this .. 😂

I’d initially think ‘Thee a or’ ‘Thay a’
It looks pretty but she’ll spend her life correcting people!

I’d say Thay-a.

i never get all the “she’ll be constantly telling everyone how to spell her name”
I have a plain common English name with a load of different spellings, so I’m always correcting people and having to tell them how it’s spelled. My surname is also one letter different from a more common surname so I’m always having to do the same with that.
If people pronounce her name wrong once they’ve been told it that’s not her problem, it’s theirs.

How will that help?

Are you going to explain how you got Fee ah from THEIA or not?

There is a name pronounced Fee ah, btw, it's Fiadh.

Theee- ya

Thea until told otherwise.

Looking at it I would say Thee-ah.

Looking at it I would say Thee-ah.

I'd pronounce it They-ah - with a soft th at the beginning (like the th at the end of Cath, rather than the hard th at the beginning of the, if that makes sense).

I am not sure about the spelling - it's not one I've ever come across, but I would pronounce it differently to Thea - in my mind, that's pronounced Thee-ah (again, with the soft th, but with an ee pronunciation, rather than they).

I think it looks quite pretty. But also it is a bit unusual.

I would genuinely have to ask as I wouldn't be sure. I might attempt - Tee-uh, Thee-uh, Tyre, Tay-uh, Thay-uh....

I would simply ask.

Thee ah
Quite lovely abd unusual

🤣🤣 definitely in Essex and parts of London

BernardButlersBra, well spotted, I am a Londoner!!

Th-ay-a

Those saying Feia rather than Theia, do you also say fanks (for thanks) and fis (for this)??

Fanks for fis - I had a good laugh at Fee-ah. Actually finking of it, I fink I can understand what you mean - you pronounce "th" as "f" right?

There

THAY-uh, with the TH as in thought, not they.

Yes, they do say ‘fanks’. It’s a joke about (their own) accents.

Are people genuinely not getting this?

Thea, Theia or Thia are all English translations of θεία. Why would you give your daughter a lifetime of people spelling her name wrong!

I'm still not getting how fee ah can be got from taya.

@Flutterbyby , some regions say Th as F. The name asked about was Theia.
@ForZanyAquaViewer might live in such a region.

I know an 'Ediff' and an 'Afur'

Right, but it's not pronounced as th, but t.

Does nobody know their greek mythology? THEIA, daughter of Gaia and Uranus, wife of Hyperion and mother of the sun and moon.

Amazing how many people default to wanker mode without even checking to see that it is actually a Greek name 🙄 and with a pretty amazing meaning:

"Theia is a Titan goddess in Greek mythology, specifically the goddess of sight and vision, and by extension, the goddess of the shining sky and the brilliance of gold, silver, and gems. She is also known as the mother of the sun (Helios), the moon (Selene), and the dawn (Eos)."

It sounds lovely Op 💫😊

@Flutterbyby , but Th in Greek is a th sound not a t sound

Absolutely correct a Greek θ is pronounced Th.