Thea as a nickname for Sophia?

Girl Names
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So, I love the name [name_f]Sophia[/name_f]. It’s on the top of my list for girls. However, I cant find a nn that I love. The obvious one’s are [name_f]Sophie[/name_f]/[name_f]Sophy[/name_f], which I’m not a fan of and [name_f]Soph[/name_f].

I know that you don’t need to have a nn but its always nice to have something else, like a cute pet name, to call your baby.

So, I noticed that [name_f]Sophia[/name_f] ends in a fee-a sound, like the name [name_f]Thea[/name_f] (which I love!). So, could [name_f]Thea[/name_f] work as a nn for [name_f]Sophia[/name_f] or is it too big of a stretch?

Thanks!

2

I think it is too much of a stretch. [name_f]Fia[/name_f] would make more sense to me.

3

I could not agree more.

4

I agree with PPs.

5

I would suggest [name_f]Sonja[/name_f]/[name_f]Sonia[/name_f] which is a nickname for [name_f]Sophia[/name_f]. Sadly I’m not a fan of the [name_f]Mia[/name_f],[name_f]Nia[/name_f],[name_f]Lia[/name_f],Jia etc nicknames

6

I agree with PPs about it being too much of a stretch, considering the -phia of [name_f]Sophia[/name_f] and Th- of [name_f]Thea[/name_f] are different sounds. It’s not intuitive.

7

Thanks everyone.

8

I completely agree. [name_m]Just[/name_m] name her [name_f]Thea[/name_f] if that’s what she will be called.

9

Too much of a stretch. [name_u]Love[/name_u] both names tho!

10

I like the sound of [name_f]Thea[/name_f] and the sound does work on [name_f]Sophia[/name_f], but I would say to go with the spelling Phia or you could always choose [name_f]Sofia[/name_f] and the nickname [name_f]Fia[/name_f].

11

Same as pp’s I prefer [name_f]Fia[/name_f].

[name_m]How[/name_m] about [name_f]Fifi[/name_f]?

12

I think that [name_f]Sophia[/name_f] is so short and beautiful that it really doesn’t need one.

13

I second this motion.

14

[name_f]Thea[/name_f] sounds completely different to [name_f]Fia[/name_f] / Phia! The ‘th’ sound in theatre vs the ‘f’ sound in fear. I don’t think it works as a nn for [name_f]Sophia[/name_f] - [name_f]Fifi[/name_f] would much much better, if you like that.