Is Isis Common?

[tableau]

In both senses of the word. Some might say chav, whatever that means.
Dp has suggested this for a middle name if baby is a girl.
Is it a bit naff?

[suwoo]

Its a bit drag queen. OK middle name though I suppose.

[reservejudgement]

Sorry but I think breast pump!

[Hulababy]

Never come across anyone with the name - so not common round here in the popular/over used sense.

[LynetteScavo]

Didn't M&S do a perfume a few yeas ago called Isis>

Never known of a person called Isis.

[SpinDottoressa]

Isn't it the Independent Schools Information Service?

[beanieb]

Love it mostly because of the Bob Dylan connection. Always have.

[crankytwaaaaaahhhhnky]

Not in my experience.

I know of one who lives on a council estate, but parents are certainly not "common" or "chavvy" iyswim. Alternative, maybe.

LOve the name.

[Bondwife]

In Egyptian mythology Isis was the goddess of the sky and nature - I like it, a nature name without being too flowery

[Kayzr]

I really like it.

[Fennel]

I like it, I know of one little Isis.

It's a river in Oxford and a student magazine.

[Washersaurus]

I only know one, pretty name but does make me think breast pump.

[CristinaTheAstonishing]

Never heard it in a child. Would you pr. it Ee-sees or Eye-sees (first one, I think). I like it but I'd probably check out the mythology first.

[BarakObamasTransitVan]

Eye-sis.

I like the classics connotations. I'd want to know what people who went to Oxford thought of it though, in case dd went there and her name was the equivelent of Thames. Or Severn.

Actually I like it a lot. Sticking it onn me list...

[BarakObamasTransitVan]

equivalent on my
Gah!

Actually if you're thinking of it as a middle name then go for it.

[belgo]

I know twin girls Aster and Isis, pronounced EEEsis. Quite nice.

[Pyrocanthus]

Isis is the Thames, Barak. It's called the Isis while it's running through Oxford.

[BarakObamasTransitVan]

Pyro - how is it pronounced in Oxford? Is is eee-is (which seems to me how it should be pronounced) or eye-sis (which sounds lovely, imo). Or is it pronounced in an entirely different way (a la "maudlin") in order to confuse plebs like me?

[Fennel]

eye-sis in Oxford.

[Pyrocanthus]

I think it's considered confusing enough to rename a famous river. The river Cherwell is pronounced Charwell though, so your instincts are sound.

It's Eye-sis. I think that would be the anglicized pronunciation; I would have thought that it might have been EE-sis in ancient Egypt (not that I speak ancient Egyptian).

[Fennel]

lol, so you could get stuck in educational oneupmanship, will you go with the Oxonian pronunciation or trump it with the arguably more authentic ancient Egypitian?

I still like the name.

[Pyrocanthus]

Or 'Philip', as I believe it's pronounced in Cambridge.

[eastendmummy]

It was the name of a horrendous night club in my home town so it has that connotation in my mind but it is a nice name - how's that for sitting on the fence?

[HolidaysQueen]

I like it - sounds lovely (I say it eye-sis) and Egyptian meaning is lovely too - but there was a pre-op transgender model on ANTM called this and that has tainted it for me - not because she was transgender as such but just because she is the only person I have ever head of with that name and when naming my DD, I don't want to be thinking of her, or ANTM, or Tyra (although I will quite happily think about Nigel Barker whenever the fancy takes me)

[BarakObamasTransitVan]

OK so if I have a dd and name her Isis, she won't be able to go to Oxbridge for fear of ridicule. This may well save on fees (assuming Scumbag Poly would be cheaper) but limits her educational options unfairly imo. I think I'll stick to Percyphone.

[Fennel]

Well she could still go to Cambridge. Anyway UCL has just overtaken Oxford in the international league tables and I don't think UCL has a prettily-named river running through it.