Message: "Confidence and Rea"

[Opinions] Confidence and Rea

by Eden (eden_eli)

6/28/2017, 10:34 AM

1. I heard of the name Confidence yesterday on a male college student from South Africa. I kind of like it (though wouldn't use it).

2. Have you ever heard of the name "Ray/Rae" being spelled Rea? A friend of mine just had a baby named Rea (pronounced Ray) and I just can't get used to it. I keep wanting to call her "Ree-uh."

#Rea

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- Ariane (guest)

6/28/2017, 2:21 PM

Confidence - too high-brow for me, similar to Condoleeza or Montserrat

Rea - this name has a high degree of popularity in Germany, because of the great singer/songwriter Rea Garvey (actually Raymond Michael/originally from Ireland)
(he also has a relatively large media presence here)

- RoxStar

6/28/2017, 1:32 PM

Confidence sounds weirdly like some product for old people, like a bladder control undergarment, or maybe one of those personal alarms for when they fall and can't get up.

I've seen Rea, pronounced Ray, as a last name a couple times. As a first name it looks like a typo of Rae.

- Caprice

6/28/2017, 1:17 PM

Confidence only makes me wanna sing "I've got confidence in sunshine...I've got confidence in rain..."

Rea pronounced Ray just looks wrong. I would pronounce it Ree-ah or Ray-ah in English. But I would spell it Rhea, since "rea" means "sale" in Swedish.

- Anneza

6/28/2017, 12:34 PM

Totally agree about Rea.

I've only known one Confidence person, and that was a woman a long time ago. She was a laundry worker, and very reliable. I suppose it could shorten to Connie.

- Paula Puddephatt +1

6/28/2017, 12:01 PM

I can actually imagine Confidence on a girl, NN Connie, but it's too "out there" for me. Rea - isn't that how Chris Rea spells his last name? I would definitely pronounce it as per Ria. I really like Ria, as a NN for Rhiannon or Victoria, or on its own.

- Hazel (BuckeyedPeach86)

6/28/2017, 12:25 PM

I've never heard Ria as a nn for Victoria! Interesting!

- Felie

6/28/2017, 10:41 AM

Hi !!!

Confidence? Never heard.
I quite dislike it.

Rea pronounced like Ray?
It is so strange.
I prounce it REH-ah

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