Baby girl name Rea?

[HappyGoldEagle]

Both me and my husband are set on Rea we both love Ria as another spelling. We need your opinions please any other suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

I wouldn’t know if it was “Ray”, “Raya” or “Ria”
So Ria is a better spelling if that’s how you want people to say it

Rae would be Ray to me, Ria makes me think
of Rear

It's a gorgeous name. Personally I'd spell it Rhea but I'm a major ASOIAF nerd.

I’d spell it Rhea. Lovely name

The Rea is our code name for this 😂

I'd go with Rhiannon and shorten it to Rhia as a nickname -it gives more options later in life.

Rhiannon shortened to Rhia isn't really 'Rea'.

Diarrhoea

I love the name Rea. Beautiful, classy, modern ⭐️

The river in Birmingham is the river Rea and it’s pronounced Ray. I think it’d be a nice name! (I’ve taught a few students called Ria, that’s quite. Ice too).

It looks unfinished.

Rea is not pronounced Ray. That would be Rae.

It's a lovely name and only idiots would associate it with diarrhoea and who cares what they think?

In Greek mythology, Rhea was a goddess and mother to Hestia, Demeter, Hera, Hades, Poseidon, and Zeus. She was also married to her brother, Cronos and helped Zeus to overthrow him. I’ve known a more earthly Rhea too. More easily understood than Rea, I think.

I’ve known a few people with Rea as a surname - it’s quite common in Northern an Ireland - and it’s pronounced Ray.

Also I’ve met a few babies/toddlers called Rae (also pronounced Ray) recently so I think Rea could get confused/misread as that as well.

If you want it to sound like Ree-a then I’d probably spell it Ria. Or you could call her Rhiannon or Rihanna and Ria for short?

As per my previous post, it’s a pretty common surname in Northern Ireland and definitely pronounced ray.

I would spell it Rea. No idea why anyone would think it was pronounced Ray.

I knew an adult Ria and love the name. I never once associated it with diarrhea.

Showing my age, but the actress Wendy Craig played the part of Ria Parkinson in the late 70's comedy series 'Butterflies' , so it's an established name

I'd spell it Rhea. It's a pretty name, I know an adult Rhea and she is pretty badass.

Rea spelling made me think illness, sorry.

Rea is a fairly common surname in Northern Ireland and is pronounced Ray.

What about Maria, Ria for short

It’s all a bit too confusing!
FWIW I knew a Ria and she was R-eye-ah

Rea will be pronounced "ray" (as in Stephen Rea, the actor.
Ria or Rhea.

She doesn't want to call her Maria or Rhianna. Why do posters suggest names that can be shortened?

Rea is a name in it's own right.