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Theadore vs. Girls name

We are expecting a girl and really love the name Theodore, we don't want to use the girl version of this name (Theodora) because then her nn could be Dora and we don't want that. We've always love the name Thea but we feel it should just be kept as a nn. We were originally going to call her Athena but we realized that if we changed the theo to Thea it could also work. Instead of (THEE-e-dorh) the pronunciation would be (THEE-a-dorh). What are your thoughts? -B

The Top Baby Name is...

Theadore Wdyt

67%

Girls name Wdyt

33%

Poll created: Jan 12, 2019
Total Votes: 6
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What about Theodosia?
posted by Phantom Actress :: 6 years ago | report
Teddy or Dori could both be options!
posted by Sheila :: 6 years ago | report
I think people will assume it's just an alternate spelling of the boys name. Maybe try Theodosia?
posted by Guest :: 6 years ago | report
To me it's still pronounced the same regardless of whether you use a or e. Thea is a complete name in its own right, I would honestly just use that.
posted by Guest :: 6 years ago | report
Cynthia with Thia as a nickname would be cute.

Honestly it is a nickname, if you don't like Dora just ask people not to call her that. People won't just assume Dora is her name. Theodora with Thea as a nickname is great! Or just use Thea on its own. Theadore is ridiculous imo. People will never pronounce or spell her name right.
posted by Guest :: 6 years ago | report
I'd go with Athena over Theadore
posted by Toria1896 :: 6 years ago | report
Althea could also work with Thea for a nickname
posted by Laura :: 6 years ago | report
Theodora is gorgeous and the most common nickname for that is Thea, or teddy! No one will call your child a nickname that you already don't, so if you call her Thea, others will also.
posted by Guest :: 6 years ago | report
I don't understand why you don't want to use Theodora? People could use Dora even if you went with Theadore? People don't usually nickname people's children unless it's a name they have heard you say. I would personally go with Theadora and nickname her Thea. Theadore looks like Theodore but misspelt.
posted by Georgia :: 6 years ago | report
You can still use Theo or Thea to be short for Theodora
posted by Jodie :: 6 years ago | report
I love the name Theona- Greek- close to God
A variation could be Theana
posted by Greekgirl :: 6 years ago | report
I would pronounce Theodore and Theadore the same way, and I would just assume that Theadore was a boy whose parents misspelled his name. People won't call Theodora Dora if you don't want them to. Theodosia is a nice suggestion as well. I also like Athena or Althea.
posted by Guest :: 6 years ago | report
Theodora nn Thea
posted by JSV :: 6 years ago | report
We named out daughter theadore and love her name. We mostly call her Thea with her nickname theadorable. We do have to explain it sometimes and often people assume she is a boy and we misspelled her name but none of that bothers us. Hopefully it won't bother her someday.
posted by Hw :: 3 years ago | report

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