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i'm having a baby today, which do I pick?

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DiscoBiscuits · 01/04/2014 07:43

ELCS today.
Having a baby girl. Need a short easy to spell name but want something unusual and a strong with a mythical or literary link.
Shortlist consists of (after much much discussion):
Hero
Isis
People being very sniffy about both choice but past caring frankly.
Which name do I go with?

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OhNoYouExpedidnt · 01/04/2014 08:06

Love Isis a lot. DH wouldn't let me use it. He sticks to top 10 names.

CorporateRockWhore · 01/04/2014 08:05

Hero is horrific, Isis is beautiful. Done. Grin

Congratulations by the way!

BikeRunSki · 01/04/2014 08:04

I love Isis. It was on my list for DD but DH was not keen. As well as it's mythical meanings, it is the old name for the River Thames and is now is now used for the stretch of Thames through Oxford.

Juno?
Gaia?

therunnawaybride · 01/04/2014 08:02

Hero Smile

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DiscoBiscuits · 01/04/2014 08:02

Yep.

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CarolineKnappShappey · 01/04/2014 08:00

Depends on your surname. Isis has less if a chance if people taking the piss.

Can you really imagine shouting. "Hero! Hero!" Across the park/ swimming pool/ supermarket.

moonblues · 01/04/2014 07:58

Hero. :)

Delphiniumsblue · 01/04/2014 07:57

Neither- Iris is better.

stackablegoatbearingcheesecake · 01/04/2014 07:56

Isis is the name of Oxford's boat racing crew and craft and Mylene Klass has a Hero doesn't she?

Don't know if that helps any. Good luck with the birth.

Mama1980 · 01/04/2014 07:51

I love both Grin (sorry not helpful)

dollius · 01/04/2014 07:50

Love love love Hero

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DiscoBiscuits · 01/04/2014 07:49

Ha! We're a bit eccentric.
But definitely not Marlborough fodder!
Huge range of names locally so non issue with them being 'unusual'.

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Middleagedmotheroftwo · 01/04/2014 07:46

Not keen on either, sorry. Both would sound a bit pretentious round these parts - but if those are the circles you mix in, go ahead. I can see either girl fitting in well at Marlborough College!

Tea1Sugar · 01/04/2014 07:46

Isis or iris