Tea

We named our daughter, Téa (meaning ‘goddess’). It’s a form of Dorothea ‘Gift of God’ or Theadora ‘God’s Gift’. We were under the impression the version ‘Thea’ is of Greek origin. We’re in the UK & most people guess you pronounce it ‘Tia’ although it’s actually pronounced ‘Tay-a’. (The accent above the ‘e’ changes the sound to that of a capital ‘A’.) A couple of people have called her ‘tee’, but they were soon corrected! She loves her name and has been told on numerous occasions how cool or fantastic it is! The only thing is, you can’t have an accent above the ‘e’ on a UK passport or bank account... It’s classed as a special character! It’s definitely on her birth certificate, though!

A historic site Hill of Tara in Ireland is named after an ancient Irish pagan king Eremon's wife Tea. Here is a link to the artickel: http://www.ancient.eu/Hill_of_Tara/

Pronounced TAY-uh, spelled Téa if you're in the US. I was told that it's French Polynesian in origin. Mom saw it on a travel brochure for Tahiti. It's the Tahitian word for "light", with a French spelling. It's my name, and yes, I get mispronunciations and jokes about coffee from people who think they're clever all the time.

There are two meanings for this name, one is "wild rose", and the other is "gift of god" (since Tea is a short form of Dorotea which means the same thing).