Persephone, Artemis or Penelope?

[Aldercharm]

Looking for a girl's name. What do you think of these?
Thanks

[onimolap]

I think they are all wonderful!

[allnightlong]

I know a little girl Artemis EVERYONE who first meets her thinks she's a boy because many see the name as male.

Love Penelope one of my favorite names.

Persephone I like the name but there is a school of thought that if your not frightfully posh it comes across as a bit to try hard.

[Mum72]

Persephone - I love

Penelope - Like alot but dont like Penny which it will most probably get shortend to.

Artemis - OK

[Aldercharm]

We're also considering Artemisia as a possible name. That's unmistakeably feminine?

[APixieInMyMulledWine]

I love Penelope. I love the nn Penny.

Also love persephone.

In fact I just love all 3.

[onimolap]

Artemisia would make me think of the plant, not the goddess.

[fallingandlaughing]

Sorry I think all three are really pretentious. Penelope is passable as it would be abbreviated to Penny.

[smilingserenely]

love persephone nn percy would have used it for dd4 but it's meaning bringer of death put me off

penelope -is thunderbirds lady penelope for me and really don't like the nn penny or pen

artemis ok but

[Lilka]

I love Persephone and Artemis but i don't like Penelope.

[spidookly]

I love Artemis and especially Persephone.

Penelope not so much and Penny is ghastly.

[MrsDmitriTippensKrushnic]

Artemis and Persephone were on the short list for middle names for DD, and I really like them. Not so keen on Penelope though (I blame Lost)

Artemisia, IDK. I think I like it said with a Greek accent (poor DH is being made to say things on the other sofa) but not sure how it would get pronounced in the UK. (I'm like that with Angela - love it as a Greek name, hate it as an English one)

[WhereAmIWhereAreYou]

they are all pretentious as hell. Although Penelope least so of the bunch.

[purplepidjbauble]

Thanks a lot, Spidookly lol


Speaking from experience, I dislike the name Penelope and have never been called anything but Penny. They are all a bit of a mouthful, think of your poor poor daughter trying to learn to recognise/spell them! And all those years of misspelled envelopes... I've been mistaken for many things over the phone, mostly Jenny but also Poppy and Pammy LOL

[KittyTwoShoes]

I love Persephone because a woman with the name helped me immensely when I was struggling and is just wonderful, so it always makes me think of her :)

Penelope I also love. Though I'm not keen on Penny - Nell is much nicer imo but I'm not sure you'd be able to dictate that.

[monkeyslut]

Artemis is lovely (am as DH vetoed it)

Oh and definately a female name in my book.

[RatherBeOnThePiste]

In Upstairs Downstairs, Persephone was nn Persie which I like alot. I went to school with a Persephone and she was lovely, also a Penny. Like these two, not sure how I feel about Artemis. Knew a girl called Hero once and was never sure about that either. I ramble!!

Go for Persie!

[EricNorthpolesChristmas]

I would secretly snort at a girl called Persephone, Artemis or Artemesia . Pretentious beyond belief (unless you come from ancient Greece?)

Penelope is nice.

[EricNorthpolesChristmas]

Persie?



Percy.....?

[RatherBeOnThePiste]

In UD it was spelt Persie! I think.

Percy sort of makes me think Blackadder

[goplayout]

Percy is slang for penis! Why, oh why would you want to inflict that on your DD??

Agree with other posters, they are all a bit pretentious (imho).

I know 3 Penelopes. They all hate it, and all get called Penny by friends.

Sorry

[ValiumTinselton]

Penelope is lovely.

Persephone is way too much, but not ugly.

Artemis is not a sound I like for a girl's name. Arty for short? no. Doesn't work.

Penelope is the best by miles. It's unusual but not as self-consciously and deliberately erudite iyswim.

[BelligerentGhoul]

Penelope is fine.

I like Persephone but would never use it and agree that it's pretentious. Persie is just horrible.

Artemis doesn't sound nice, imho.

How about Cassandra nn Cassie? Or Pandora? Or Ariadne?

[Bumperlicious]

Love Persephone after watching Upstairs Downstairs, nn Percy :)

[Bumperlicious]

Sorry x posted! I have never heard Percy as slang for penis!