How would you pronounce Rhea?

bumpuser7846882 · August 2014

This belongs in baby names, but I like you better.

WasNotWas · August 2014

I knew a guy in school with that spelling that was just pronounced Ray

ColieAnn31 · August 2014

42Butterflies said:
SS - Ray.

+1

fabumama · August 2014

Ray. Like the actress Caroline Rhea.

BC&LM · August 2014

I had a student with this name, and she pronounced it Ree-uh.

kelseypie · August 2014

I would say Ray-uh. I think of mythology, wife of Cronus and mother of the Olympians. In my myth courses it was always said Ray-uh.

kelseypie · August 2014

stargazer763 said:

kelseypie said:

I would say Ray-uh. I think of mythology, wife of Cronus and mother of the Olympians. In my myth courses it was always said Ray-uh.

Okay, this is fascinating. So in Greek mythology, it's ray-uh, but the moon (whose name is taken from Greek mythology) is ree-uh.

Mind. Blown.

I suppose I could have had a professor who was mispronouncing it. Who knows.

bumpuser7846882 · August 2014

kelseypie said:

stargazer763 said:

kelseypie said:

I would say Ray-uh. I think of mythology, wife of Cronus and mother of the Olympians. In my myth courses it was always said Ray-uh.

Okay, this is fascinating. So in Greek mythology, it's ray-uh, but the moon (whose name is taken from Greek mythology) is ree-uh.

Mind. Blown.

I suppose I could have had a professor who was mispronouncing it. Who knows.

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In every Latin and Classics course I've been in (a lot), it's been Ray-uh, which I love. However, I hate Ree-uh, so it looks like Rhea is out as an option for us.

it's a good thing it takes so long for babies to gestate. We really need all the time to come up with a name we both like.