Aletheia

Girl Names
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How would you pronounce this name?

  • A-LEE-thay-a
  • A-luh-THAY-a
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TBH, I would have to ask.

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What makes me wonder what is intuitive is that the ‘default’ name is [name_f]Alethea[/name_f], which I think most people would pronounce A-LEE-thee-a, with the stress on the second syllable. Think of the alethiometer in His [name_m]Dark[/name_m] Materials. But [name_f]Aletheia[/name_f] potentially brings a different stress pattern in.

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I would probably just ask as well, but my first instinct when reading it was actually ‘Al-uh-thī-uh’ (basically like the word “eye”)

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Ok, so your cadence is a third syllable stress.

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Yeah. It’s a super pretty name! I would just be cautious when it comes to pronunciation and make sure you’re clear.

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ah-LEE-thee-ah is how it’s meant to be pronounced, so that’s what i’d go for !! but if i was trying to go for an anglicized pronunciation, i’d assume it was ah-lee-THAY-ah

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I know a girl named this. It’s [name_m]Truth[/name_m] in Greek. Her parents studied Greek. They say her name uh-LAY-thee-uh.

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But Google Translate says Ah-LEE-thya

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None of the above.

A-LEE-thee-uh

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[name_m]Ah[/name_m], different again :blush:

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A-luh-thee-uh :person_facepalming: or a-LEE-thee-uh :person_shrugging: but to be honest, I would ask

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I say a-LAY-thee-uh. That’s how we always pronounced it in my greek classes in college haha.

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I thought it was “ah - LETH - ee - uh.”
I guess I’m the only one :upside_down_face:

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I would have defaulted to ah LEE thee ah via [name_f]Alethea[/name_f] like you mentioned. [name_m]Read[/name_m] a novel years ago with an [name_f]Alethea[/name_f] and she stuck with me. I would say [name_f]Aletheia[/name_f] the same way
 anything else would’ve just been guesswork on my part.

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