I am with barefootri and malaria - the -ia ending seems more affected by how fast you are talking and maybe even accent/dialect than anything else. There are some exceptions like [name]Lucia[/name] since the stress is on the ee sound if you use that prn (loo SEE a), but for [name]Julia[/name], [name]Sylvia[/name], [name]Talia[/name], etc, I try to imagine both prns and say both and everything sounds the same - I call the length 2.5 syllables : D. So…this is clearly not everyone out there, but it’s a thing for some of us. If I said the ending how I say it and were corrected, I don’t think I would be able to process or produce the correction!
As for the first syllable, though, I would guess [name]TAHL[/name] for the first syllable (like tall), maybe because I have a friend [name]Dahlia[/name], but, if a parent corrected me and told me the first syllable rhymed with [name]Hal[/name], I would get it right away.
So…maybe mildly annoying and some corrections…but not more than a lot of names. [name]Delaney[/name] might be more straightforward, but try it out on people first…I can imagine the occasional random guess rhyming it with [name]Melanie[/name]…
In Australia I think most people would say it Ta lee uh or TAHL ya. She will definitely be correcting people I’m sorry to say. Prefer the softer, more feminine Ta lee uh pronunciation I’m afraid.
I would say [name]TAHL[/name]-yah. But as the mother of a boy whose middle name is [name]Rhys[/name], I beg of you to please use the feminine/unisex “[name]Reese[/name]” spelling instead
Ha ha, my name is [name]Tullia[/name]: pronounced [name]Tull[/name]-ee-uh and my whole life people think I am [name]Talia[/name]; pronounced pretty equally either [name]Tahl[/name]-ee-uh OR [name]Tahl[/name]-ya (I am in Australia, so that may make a difference). When I use my nn [name]Tully[/name] everyone gets it right though.
My parents always wanted me to be [name]Tully[/name], they just gave me [name]Tullia[/name] on paper because it is the girl’s version, so I would have a ‘proper’ feminine name if I needed it. I have never needed it and get a bit frustrated with the misspelling and mispronounciations when it is used, but love what I think of as my ‘real’ name - [name]Tully[/name]. So maybe if you like [name]Tali[/name] you could just use that?
Another option is to try a different spelling; [name]Talja[/name] (my preference) or [name]Talya[/name] may make the intended pronounciation more obvious. Although having a less ‘traditional’ spelling may mean that although her name is pronounced correctly it will probably be misspelt more often.
For the middle name I think of [name]Reece[/name] as the female spelling & [name]Rhys[/name] the male version.
I like [name]Delaney[/name] too, but agree with comments about needing a more definitely feminine middle name with it. [name]Rose[/name] or [name]May[/name]?
My first instinct is to pronounce it [name]Tal[/name]-ya; I don’t think you need to spell it that way to have it pronounced that way, however. Its fairly intuitive. I think that there will always be people who need to be corrected for almost any name - whether in terms of pronunciation and/or spelling - that’s just the way life is. You should choose a name you love and not worry about the rest.
[name]Talia[/name] is a great name; I like [name]Delaney[/name] as well.
You could always go with [name]Talitha[/name] it is very similar, very pretty and very easy to say plus it is unusual but seems as easy to say as [name]Jessica[/name].
I do love [name]Talitha[/name]! I know one who goes by [name]Tali[/name].
But as for [name]Talia[/name]: I don’t know if she’ll always be correcting people. She’ll introduce herself and people can take their cue from there We had a [name]Talia[/name] in our a cappella group in college, and it wasn’t a problem after she said it once. I thought her name was so beautiful (more charming, [name]IMO[/name], than [name]Delaney[/name]).
We had a [name]Talia[/name] in our a cappella group in college, and it wasn’t a problem after she said it once. I thought her name was so beautiful (more charming, [name]IMO[/name], than [name]Delaney[/name]).