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Antigone or Tigris

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DaveMccave · 28/06/2013 21:36

I know it will be a minority that could consider either better than the other but anyone have an opinion to a preference? nn Tiggy.

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ghosteditor · 30/06/2013 08:01

Tigris is pn 'Tee-gris'

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DaveMccave · 29/06/2013 23:43

My other dd isn't Lyra.

I don't live down south, a very northern working class/deprived town actually, but school isn't an issue as they won't be going.

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bugsybill · 29/06/2013 23:09

Actually tbh only you op would know if a child with this name would have any problems with the name while growing up/ at school etc. Considering your family/ community.

I think an adult could handle either name and can always choose to go by Tiggy for everything to avoid mispronounciations if they come across that a lot.

However imo if your other dd name is Lyra she has definitely been given the 'easier' name.

ZZZenagain · 29/06/2013 22:52

If it is between Tigris and Antigone, I would go for Antigone although I don't like it much. However I wouldn't have Tiggy as a nickname.

TheYamiOfYawn · 29/06/2013 22:50

Antigone.

bugsybill · 29/06/2013 22:49

Actually now that I think Tigris rhymes with princess it does sounds more like girls name.

Ariadne as suggested earlier would be my suggestion if you want longish name with the -ne ending.

Also how about Antonia? Antoniette? Antonella? You could get tiggy as a nickname from these.

amazingmumof6 · 29/06/2013 22:45

I really don't like either, but hate Antigone more.

if you want to nn your child Tiggy, do that regardless of legal name.
choose something less weird.

our DS2 is Samuel, his nn evolved like this: Sammy, Sammyboo, Sammy-bammy, Sam-bam, Bam-Bam, Bammers, Bamster

so from Samuel to Bamster. next predictable step is Hamster - would be appropriate coz he is always stuffing his cheeks with food!Grin

bugsybill · 29/06/2013 22:36

Have just read the earlier posts.

How is Tigris pronounced? I would say tie-griss like a tiger/princess.

SizzleSazz · 29/06/2013 22:30

Our tent is a Vango Tigris Grin

Alisvolatpropiis · 29/06/2013 22:26

bugsy

Both are girls names.

Antigone is prn An-tig-on-ee

Not Anti-gon.

bugsybill · 29/06/2013 22:24

Tigris is much much better.

Antigone is to me =anti disappeared Confused

Are they boys names or girls names? Tiggy sounds like a girls nickname, while Tigris sounds like a boys name.

RaRaZ · 29/06/2013 21:04

Hahaha re the tropical disease comment - I second that! :-D

RemusLupinsBiggestGroupie · 29/06/2013 20:54

I love Cassandra and was also a bit of a Greek geek as a kid. I don't dislike Antigone but DO think it looks try-hard, whilst Cassandra seems much more use-able to me. I love Hermione too.

nooka · 29/06/2013 18:17

I would have thought the OP would find a pregoogle response rather more useful, because generally speaking most people encountering her dd for the first time will not have google easily to hand.

Bunbaker · 29/06/2013 17:50

I admit to having a quick google before I commented because I had never come across that name before. Being familiar with Hermione I sort of assumed Antigone would be pronounced an-ti-gonee. However, I can see that a lot of people might not realise as it isn't exactly a mainstream name.

Justfornowitwilldo · 29/06/2013 16:39

So many people seem to be both ignorant of many names and quick to comment without bothering to do a quick google.

zingally · 29/06/2013 15:22

Not unless you hate your child.

MyThumbsHaveGoneWeird · 29/06/2013 09:38

I know a Felicity nn Tiggy. I think you can use any nn for any name really so don't be limited by that. Still like Antigone though.

LalyRawr · 29/06/2013 08:58

I admit I had to Google to find out how to pronounce Antigone.

It's very pretty, but I can't get over the spelling! I would automatically pronounce it as Anti-gone which sounds like a drug!

Though I'm aware that's more my own ignorance than anything else.

HorryIsUpduffed · 29/06/2013 08:53

I know a wee Antigone nn Tiggy so have a soft spot for it.

Tigris looks like a car brand.

ghosteditor · 29/06/2013 07:51

I'm not privately educated or southern either and I developed a love of classics all by myself lolly!

I still think Antigone. But don't assume you'll get to dictate a nickname - it'll be out of your control before too long Smile.

I liked Cassandra but DH didn't. I also know an Electra, two Athenas, and an Aphrodite, all non-Greek and under 20.

Ifancyashandy · 29/06/2013 07:36

Antigone, definitely. A really pretty name. Not keen on Tiggy though.

nooka · 29/06/2013 07:24

I studied Antigone when I was doing Classics and she was quite a cool character, so given that's the reason you like the name I think I'd go for Antigone.

I expect that people who find it reminds them of cleaners etc are thinking Anti - gone as the pronunciation, as opposed to the Greek Ant-i-go-nee (like Hermione).

So it might be a better name if you live somewhere multi-cultural perhaps.

To me Tigris really is just the river and not a name. Tiggy is OK I guess!

Elquota · 28/06/2013 23:45

I like Tigris!

There's a legend where St Patrick had a sister named Tigris.

thecatfromjapan · 28/06/2013 23:21

I'm loving the description of the Welsh love of vowels. Alvis, you've made me wish I could speak Welsh.

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