Thalia

I adore this name, its origin, sound and meaning: “to blossom”. In French, we have a lot of words of Greek origin starting with TH, and they are all pronounced with a silent H. So for a French person, the natural pronunciation would be “TAH-lee-a”, with emphasis on the first syllable.

Thalia is one of those names that travels throughout world languages very well as there is a number of legitimate world regional pronunciations such as:
Tah-LEE-ah
TAH-lee-ah
THAH-lee-ah
Thah-LEE-ah
TAHL-ya
THAL-ya
THAY-lee-ə
Thay-LEE-ah
Thə-LIE-ə.

In German it's pronounced tah-LEE-ah and there's a well-known book store chain by this name.

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Some Germans pronounce it TAH-lee-ah, but because of the book stores the tah-LEE-ah pronunciation is more well established.

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I still think it is usable in Germany because I like an association with books.

I ADORE the Tahl-EE-uh pronunciation, not too big on the phonetic pronunciation.

THAH-lee-ə.

A beautiful name in my opinion, and I instinctively pronounce it thal-yuh or tha-lee-uh, though I have no idea if either of those are "correct".

TAL-ee-ə in English.

My older sister’s name. Said: TAH-lee-uh.

I will settle this once and for all. Much to my frustration, my name has been pronounced incorrectly constantly throughout my life. As the description says, it is of Greek origin and I happen to be Greek. In Greek, as it says, it is spelt Θάλεια. In the Greek alphabet, the letter Θ (theta) has the soft "th" sound. The way that it is spelt with the letter theta, the accent on the alpha and the "ee" sound made by "ει" indicates that the correct pronunciation of this name is "tha-lee-uh" (the emphasis is on the "tha"). NOT "Talia" or "Thail-ee-uh" etc... it has bothered me my entire life that no one has been able to get my name right as it is really quite a simple name. The initial mispronunciation is understandable and forgivable but I have had experiences where people just continuously forget how it is pronounced (especially with teachers!) and stubbornly continue to call me "Talia" no matter how many times I correct them. It is really hurtful that people don't bother to learn my name correctly a lot of the time.

I think it should be pronounced Tah-lee-uh because in TEEN WOLF Thalia is pronounced Talia and in my book it is pronounced Talia.

In New Orleans we have 9 streets named after the Muses. Thalia is most commonly pronounced with a long a like sail. “THAIL-ya”.

My name is Thalia and I pronounce it TAH-lee-ah. When people see my name written and ask why the H is silent I tell them that it's just like the name Thomas. (Also my middle name is Grace so I'm Thalia Grace XD)

My name is Thalia. I am one fourth Greek, so my name would be pronounced "Thal-eeah".

Being a Greek woman bearing the name Thalia myself, I can end the pronunciation debate. I can assure you one hundred percent that the name is pronounced "THAL-eeah" In Greek, the accent is placed on the first alpha meaning the emphasis should be heard when pronouncing that letter. Furthermore, the first letter in the name when it is spelled in Greek is theta, which ONLY makes the th sound. Although other cultures do use this name, it is of Greek origin and this is technically the one and only way to pronounce it although I suppose other cultures are welcome to modify it if they wish. I do have one request, PLEASE if you are planning on naming your daughter Talia do not spell it "Thalia". First of all th always makes the th sound in English (the h is NEVER silent!) and secondly, it just adds to the confusion about the pronunciation of the name. The Percy Jackson movie, for example, is completely wrong and it is agitating to see a supposedly Greek movie pronouncing the name wrong. You have no idea how irritating it was growing up as Thalia and consistently being called Talia to the point where it just might as well have been my name. It felt as though I was being stripped of my uniqueness (as Talia, although not a common name itself, is much more common than Thalia at the very least) and of my cultural background that I identified with. So please, whenever you see "Thalia" it is pronounced with the th sound, and Talia should ONLY be spelled just like it sounds. Thank you.

Thalia can be pronounced THAlia or ThaLEEa. I have it from two separate Greek women that it is pronounced the first way, but of course that's not to say you can't pronounce it the second way. It is a beautiful name, and I know of someone called Thalia Grace, which is even sweeter, because apart from acknowledging its classical roots (Thalia is one of the three "Graces") it also gives regard to the Christian reference of Grace.

Love the THAYL-yah and Tha-lee-a pronunciations. Knew a Greek girl who pronounced it the first way. Ta-lee-a is also really pretty.

In the Percy Jackson movie they pronounce it as TAH-lia.

Since I'm actually Greek (fine, Greek American, but Greek was my first language and I've spent a lot of time in Greece), I can end this pronunciation debate. Obviously, depending on what language you speak, you'll pronounce this name differently, but the correct Modern Greek pronunciation of this name is THA-lia. It is not TAH-lia (Θ, the Greek letter theta, makes a th sound. Always), and if you want that pronunciation, there's the perfectly nice name Talia, which is pronounced that way. It is not tha-LYE-uh, because in Greek, the accent falls on the first alpha (Θάλεια), so the first syllable is the emphasized one. It's also not pronounced THA-ley-uh, as the ει in the name (epsilon iota), is a diphthong, which means it just makes a regular ee sound. Pronounce this name how you like in English- THA-lia, TAH-lia (although I hate this pronunciation because the name Talia makes more sense for it), THAYL-ya, tha-LYE-uh, or THA-ley-uh- you're not wrong, really, but the proper Greek pronunciation is THA-lia.

I am so confused on how to pronounce this name. Tall-ee-ya is probably the correct pronunciation, but I just don't like it that way. I prefer it pronounced Th-a-lee-uh, but I don't want to be pronouncing it wrong.

This name is used in various countries, so the pronunciation shifts depending on the language of the bearer. In English is has three different general pronunciations, thuh-LIE-ah, from the 16th-century English, THAY-lee-ah and then TAHL-ee-ah. Yes, in Spanish it may be pronounced (tuh-LEE-ah) or whatever, but that is not the only correct way to say it. The name is originally Greek so if we are going to go by who had the name first then the correct pronunciation should be Greek. Until then, accept the fact that the name is used all over the world and that it is going to be pronounced differently depending on where you are at.

It can differ from country to country; when I first saw this name I thought with it being Greek, was pronounced TAL-lee-ah, but when I went to a thesaurus it was actually pronounced thu-LIE-uh.

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I like this name a lot, I think it's pretty!

I believe it technically is pronounced Tha-LIE-uh, based on the Greek Muse. Having said that, I love the idea of this name. It's beautiful to look at and to see written out and to hear. However, I do think Tha-lie-a can become a bit of a mouthful and as much as I love it, I could not foresee myself calling a girl this all the time. When said fast, it loses a lot of its charm.

My Greek teacher says that it's pronounced tah-LEE-ah.

I need to correct myself, the correct Greek pronunciation would be tha-LYE-ah.

Pronounced THAYL-yah.

Listen up non-Spanish people. My name is Thalia (I'm Puerto Rican) :) and in English it is pronounced th-uh-lee-uh (not very hard) in Spanish. Well you need an accent so I'm not going to tell you.

Well, since the Greek is Θάλεια (with the accent), then the correct Greek pronunciation is THA-ley-ah.

I have a friend with this name, and she pronounces it 'tah-LEE-uh'. She's Puerto Riccan or something.

It is pronounced tha-LYE-ah. Here is a spoken pronunciation - http://encarta.msn.com/dictionary_/thalia.html.

Thalia is pronounced 2 ways: THAYL-ya or TAHL-e-uh.

Someone has made a comment about Thalia, that it is pronounced two ways. Well that is true. I have a sister and people pronounce her name two ways.

Well someone made a comment that there are 2 ways to pronounce it. Well my name is Thalia and I can assure you there is only one way. It's just Thalia. It's a Greek name so it should be pronounced the normal way.