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Torn between two names help me choose!!!

92 replies

PancakesAndMapleSyrup · 28/06/2017 15:10

DD due in the next couple of weeks. Im in love with two names that are marmite to people! So please help me choose! Also we have no middle names chosen yet so any suggestions welcomed!

  1. Persephone
  2. Celeste
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ThaliaLuxurySpa · 29/06/2017 06:46

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"There are lots of other Greek names I like but they generally are hard to read/spell.
Andromeda
Alethia
Thalia
Leto
Lyssa
Phoebe
Rhea
Selene"

Wink "TAR-lee-a" pronunciation gets my vote.
(I love Rhea from your list).

OP,

Celeste's really pretty: always makes me think of celeste the colour (turquoise-blue/ sky-blue), or a celesta, so musical connections, as much as the literal heavenly.

I like Joeybee's character sketches! Interesting how different people interpret a name.

BTW, If you're veering more towards Persephone, yet concerned about people's constant mispronunciation/ misspellings, I doubt (long-term) it'll be any more an issue than Niamh, Aurelia, or even Sara (SAHR-a for some; SAIR-a for others) etc.

Less than a decade ago, Isla was fairly regularly pronounced "ISS-la" by those unfamiliar with it, which certainly hasn't prevented it from since becoming so popular!!

Anglo-Greek friend's daughter (aged 8) is Elysia (Eh-LEE-zee-uh).
To save confusion with Eh-LEE-sha (more common in the US, I think?), she quickly learnt, on first meeting anyone, to throw in "Eh-LEE-zee-uh, like "breezier"...works brilliantly.
Link to familiar rhyming words/ a phrase, and people remember far better Smile

Best of luck with her entry into the world, anyway... Flowers

Bue · 29/06/2017 03:59

I've always loved Celeste

SuperBeagle · 29/06/2017 03:42

Celeste.

Mrsknackered · 29/06/2017 01:23

Pancake I know a Penelope who is really just Penelope and another who is Nell if that helps.

What about?
Ottilie
Araminta
Ariadne
Althea
Athena

PancakesAndMapleSyrup · 28/06/2017 23:48

Daphne i like but not a name i would choose. Penelope is again lovely but HATE penny which is what would happen!

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JellyTeapot · 28/06/2017 23:22

Not a fan of either. Has anyone mentioned Daphne and Celeste yet?

Phoebe? Penelope?

HappySpade · 28/06/2017 23:20

I have a Persephone and she loves it. She does a lot of correcting - it's not Purse-e-phone.

ScarletSienna · 28/06/2017 23:18

There's a pill-Cilest.

I like both. I know 3 Celestes - the adult one isn't willowy but despite pp's insinuations, it suits her beautifully as much as it suits the younger two.

Teddy6767 · 28/06/2017 23:17

There is a contraceptive pill called Celeste

PancakesAndMapleSyrup · 28/06/2017 23:16

What contraceptive is close to Celeste? Im curiousGrin

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PancakesAndMapleSyrup · 28/06/2017 23:15

Agrrrrhhh its so difficult!!! Love Seraphina thats a good suggestion!. I aldready have a DD called Hermione so that is out!. Whilst i do like Celestine/a its too close to christina which i really dont like. Tbh i quite like some of the nicknames pps have suggested such as Effi, seffi etc. Bugger. See what she looks like when she pops out, but yes i do agree that these are fairly hard names to carry in general.

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chowmeinchick · 28/06/2017 21:42

@SantasLittleMonkeyButler 😂😂😂😂😂

SantasLittleMonkeyButler · 28/06/2017 21:37

Not Persephone for me - not since a colleague saw it written down & pronounced it purse-phone. Followed by "what's her sister called? Fags-Keys? Were her parents trying to remember things to leave the house with by using them in their daughter's name?" I thought she was joking - she wasn't.

After that Persephone is forever purse-phone to me.

Celeste is both a contraceptive & too close to the word molest - sorry. I'm terrible for word association!

Mulch · 28/06/2017 21:34

I love both its sooo refreshing from lilly May, gracy isobel, Olivia Rose ect

Joeybee · 28/06/2017 21:30

Like them both but they are both such different styles, it's hard for me to say which is better. Celeste sounds a bit girly and princess-y and a bit crunchy, granola, boho to me. I imagine Celeste as a blonde beachy girl on a gap year in Thailand!
Persephone is more 20's vintage chic, it's a strong, sophisticated kind of name. Makes me think of jazz bars and great romance. Can imagine Persephone as a bold professional type.

DramaAlpaca · 28/06/2017 21:28

I love Celeste, beautiful name.

I like Persephone too, just not as much.

Ham69 · 28/06/2017 20:58

Celeste is beautiful and classy

user1497991628 · 28/06/2017 20:56

Queen of the underworld...?? Really?

And I agree with NoCapes : Celeste is a high pressure name to live up to. You need to be willowy and graceful...

PhuntSox · 28/06/2017 20:52

Persephone, its lovely! Especially with the nn Effie.

Also for your consideration: Antigone, Hermione, Penelope, Phoebe.

Muddlingalongalone · 28/06/2017 20:51

I like them both but prefer Persephone. Never met one but love the idea of Percy as a nn.
I know you didn't ask for other choices, but have you considered Miranda. I feel like they are similar in my head.

AnnoyedByAlfieBear · 28/06/2017 20:44

I love Persephone! It's my DDs middle name so I am biased.

olderthanyouthink · 28/06/2017 20:27

Persephone but it's a bitch to have a name people can't easily read/spell and it sucks name being able to buy tat with your name on like your friends.

There are lots of other Greek names I like but they generally are hard to read/spell.

Andromeda
Alethia
Thalia
Leto
Lyssa
Phoebe
Rhea
Selene

bridgetreilly · 28/06/2017 20:25

Persephone!

Lilmy3 · 28/06/2017 20:22

Mummamayhem If you think Persephone is odd, wait til you see Calliope. It's cal-eye-oh-pee

Celeste could also be Celestine or Celestina

flumpybear · 28/06/2017 20:19

Celeste