Thais

My name is Thais! My family is from Paraguay and my mom spent quite a bit of time in Brazil which is how she found my name. We pronounce it Tah-ees, it’s hard for most English speakers to pronounce but sounds so pretty and smooth in Spanish and Portuguese. Most friends and family in America pronounce it Thai-ees, like Thai food with an “ees” at the end, and I don’t mind it.
Some of the funniest mispronunciations have been “thay-is”, “tee-as”, “thays”, and “tase”. As well as the person here who thinks it’s pronounced “thighs”, that’s a personal favorite.
Over the years I’ve met quite a few people who’ve told me of neighbors and friends who’ve named their daughter Thais, but changed the spelling to make it easier to pronounce or more unique. Those spellings have included “Tayees”, “Thayse” and “Tayese”. It’s fun to see people using the name, though part of me is hoping it stays unique, haha!

Spanish pronunciation: TIES. [noted -ed]

I am also a Thais (I pronounce it like days but with a T instead of a D - Tays). Funnily enough although I love my name now, as a child I got all sorts of stick for it as a child, glad to have it now though as it's unique like me. We've got a nice mix of names between me and my sisters; Harriet, Erin, Freya and obviously my own - Thais and mine has truly been the one to get all the compliments. It's always nice to learn something new and I came on here to solve an argument with the other half about who St. Thais was and learned more about myself then I thought I would :)

My name is Thais and my family pronounces it differently than everyone else on here... we say Th (the TH sound you make when you say think) then ay-is; Th-ay-is.

Pronounced like the word thighs.

I would pronounce it TY-iss. And that's my favorite pronunciation. Tah-EES is a little awkward to say in English, it's a little choppy.

Thais is my own name :)

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And like gaelruadh19 said, the pronunciation is "tah-EES". In Portuguese (I'm Brazilian), "Thaís", with an accent in the "i" to demonstrate the tonic in the "is".

Thaïs is a lovely opera by Massenet. My niece has a friend with the name, who pronounces it Tay-is.

My friend is named this and pronounces it Tie-ees.