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Ancient Roman/Greek names for a girl

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Underthelindentree · 09/12/2014 14:19

We are looking for a strong and fairly unusual name for DD (but not too out there). Current ideas are Maxima and Phoenix. Any suggestions along the same lines please?

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APotNoodleandaTommy · 14/12/2014 15:23

Briseis

Theas18 · 14/12/2014 08:57

Read the myth of the name you fancy - lots are awful! Just saying...

applecatchers36 · 14/12/2014 08:48

Another Roman one ...Sabrina

itssangriaoclock · 13/12/2014 20:18

A friend of mine who is Greek, are ds's are;

Christella
Areti (a ra di)
Cora

fourwoodenchairs · 13/12/2014 15:18

Niobe

CruCru · 11/12/2014 17:48

Antonia
Augusta
Cecilia
Drusilla
Flavia
Octavia

For some reason I don't like Greek names as much. I think it's because I like names that end in "a".

Luckystar82 · 11/12/2014 17:47

I love the concept. Just research the goddess carefully before you choose.

I love the name Hera, but she wasn't very nice, so I wouldn't choose it.

CruCru · 11/12/2014 17:45

My cousins daughter is Callisto.

My daughter is Claudia. I also love Minerva and Lydia.

ReinholdMessner · 10/12/2014 23:43

Helen
Andromache
Cassandra
Cressida

HermioneWeasley · 10/12/2014 23:38

Ariadne
Danae
Minerva
Hera
Electra
Medea (depends on how you feel about future grandchildren)
Andromeda
Artemis
Persephone
Cerce

funchum8am · 10/12/2014 23:30

Thalia
Callisto
Terpsichore (well maybe that takes it a bit far...)
Nausicaa

TheNewStatesman · 10/12/2014 23:24

Just don't mix a Roman name and Greek middle name (or vice versa), lest you offend the classicists.... ;)

telsa · 10/12/2014 22:33

Hera
Antigone or Antigoni
Cassandra
Persephone
Diana
Cassia
Drusilla
Amara
Antiope
Berenike
Elektra
Io
Pandora
Phaidra
Philomena
Zenobia

PolkadotsAndMoonbeams · 10/12/2014 17:58

It's funny isn't it? Most people wouldn't bat an eyelid at Penelope, and most people know Hermione now. But Persephone would get raised eyebrows, and ones like Mnemosyne or Calliope are more unusual still.

Yet they all have the same structure and feel to them.

OnlyLovers · 10/12/2014 17:56

'mother of the muses'. I like that. Smile

squoosh · 10/12/2014 17:38

Holy smoke, Mnemosyne makes Persephone seem like the most ordinary name in the world!

PolkadotsAndMoonbeams · 10/12/2014 17:11

That's right.

She's the personification of memory (like in the word mnemonic) and the mother of the muses in mythology.

OnlyLovers · 10/12/2014 10:48

Polka, how do you say Mnemosyne? Nem-o-sin-e? it's nice. Where is it from? I can well imagine the nightmares of having to spell it out and explain it for people though!

almapudden · 09/12/2014 19:17

Calliope
Flavia
Alethea
Iris
Irene (pronounced Ee-RAY-nay)
Euphemia
Rufilla

PolkadotsAndMoonbeams · 09/12/2014 19:09

Mnemosyne (although maybe a bit out there!)
Calliope
Penelope
Iris

florascotia · 09/12/2014 19:05

Maxima is an adjective of comparison, meaning biggest.

Phoenix is Greek for a monstrous/symbolic bird.

Neither were used as first names in Roman or Greek times.
However Maximus was a Roman family name.

OnlyLovers · 09/12/2014 15:42

I love Juno, Aurora, Livia and Hero.

JakeyBurd · 09/12/2014 15:40

A quick scan through I, Claudius will give you a fine selection of Roman names. I have a fondness for Agrippinilla myself... Also

Livia
Julia
Antonia
Messalina
Calpurnia
Gaia
Marcella
Drusilla
Livilla
Scyllia
Poppaea
Arria
Agrippina

juneybean · 09/12/2014 15:27

Zoe is my favourite followed by Cassandra

ChutesTooNarrow · 09/12/2014 15:26

Aurora was the Roman goddess of the dawn.