[name_m]How[/name_m] would you pronounce the name [name_f]Thalia[/name_f]?
[name_m]Reading[/name_m] it on paper I see tal-yuh, with the first a being short, as in cat.
When I looked it up I found two completely different pronunciations: thuh-lie-uh and thay-lee-uh Can I take this to mean that there isn’t one correct pronunciation?
Please comment how you would pronounce [name_f]Thalia[/name_f] and where you’re from!
I’m from the UK and would pronounce it Tar-lee-uh with no ‘th’ sound.
I think when I first saw it, I probably would have said THAH-lee-uh, but I very quickly decided I prefer the sound of [name_m]THAY[/name_m]-lee-uh (I think somewhere, probably not very reliable, said it was the Ancient Greek pronunciation) although it seems far fewer people (online anyway) say it like that.
I’ve been pronouncing it as tall-lee-uh.
I pronounce [name_f]Thalia[/name_f] somewhere in between [name_m]THAY[/name_m]-lee-uh and Thal-ya.
Behind the name user @kvpp88 explained it. “Since I’m actually Greek (fine, Greek American, but Greek was my first language and I’ve spent a lot of time in Greece), I can end this pronunciation debate. Obviously, depending on what language you speak, you’ll pronounce this name differently, but the correct Modern Greek pronunciation of this name is THA-lia. It is not [name_m]TAH[/name_m]-lia (Θ, the Greek letter theta, makes a th sound. Always), and if you want that pronunciation, there’s the perfectly nice name [name_f]Talia[/name_f], which is pronounced that way. It is not tha-LYE-uh, because in Greek, the accent falls on the first alpha (Θάλεια), so the first syllable is the emphasized one. It’s also not pronounced THA-ley-uh, as the ει in the name (epsilon iota), is a diphthong, which means it just makes a regular ee sound. Pronounce this name how you like in English- THA-lia, [name_m]TAH[/name_m]-lia (although I hate this pronunciation because the name [name_f]Talia[/name_f] makes more sense for it), THAYL-ya, tha-LYE-uh, or THA-ley-uh- you’re not wrong, really, but the proper Greek pronunciation is THA-lia”
I’ve always pronounced it TALL-ee-ah but what do I know, haha!
I would assume “tha-lee-a”
THA-lia (lia runs together a bit). Iam from Greece.
Ordinarily I would have pronounced it [name_m]TAH[/name_m]-lee-uh, but since I’ve just been schooled (haha), THA-lia it is.
My name happens to be [name_f]Thalia[/name_f], pronounced [name_m]THAY[/name_m]-lia or THAL-ee-a (that’s about as close as I can approximate a pronunciation). Growing up with this name, I have become very familiar with the wide variety of pronunciations out there, lol - I would say I get [name_m]TAH[/name_m]-lia, THAH-lia or thuh-[name_u]LEE[/name_u]-uh most often. I usually tell people that it rhymes with Australia, which is a good mnemonic.
I’d pronounce it: [name_f]Talia[/name_f]: tall-ee-ah
At first glance.
I would say [name_m]Tah[/name_m]-lee-ah. [name_m]Tah[/name_m] like the a in clap.
No ‘Th’ sound at all. Occasionally the ‘ee-ah’ ending may turn into more of a ‘yuh’ sound, but for the most part they are distinct when I say them.
it can actually be pronounced three ways, all are correct. it can be [name_m]Thay[/name_m]-lee-uh or Tar-lee-uh or Thah-lee-uh
I’ve lived for about a decade in Greece (with some stays in other countries during the decade) but I speak Greek fluently. It is pronounced Tha-lya there.
In my mother tongue, [name_m]German[/name_m], it would be pronounced Ta-lee-ah (I don’t know if I wrote it correctly)
TALL-ee-uh – I’m from [name_u]California[/name_u]
I’m from the UK and I pronounce it [name_m]TAH[/name_m]-lee-uh
Ta lee ya
Ta rhyming with cat, not cot
I have wondered the same before after looking it up. I went to grade school with a [name_f]Thalia[/name_f] and she pronounced it [name_u]Tal[/name_u]-ya (a like cat) just like you said. Also took care of a baby at work recently with the name pronounced the same way. Those are the only two I’ve ever known of in real life.
The h is not silent with this spelling. If it was spelled [name_f]Tahlia[/name_f] or [name_f]Talia[/name_f], it would be pronounced the way you’re thinking. This is the Greek spelling of the name, and the h wouldn’t be silent in Greek so pronunciation would be thay-lee-ah or thay-lee-ya. In Greek mythology, [name_f]Thalia[/name_f] (or Thaleia) was one of the muses (of comedy and poetry). I wouldn’t spell it this way if I was planning on pronouncing it as [name_f]Talia[/name_f] since it’s well established that it’s pronounced with the “th” sound.
Tall-yuh