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Cassiopeia

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PhelanGood · 17/10/2017 17:22

We aren't finding out the sex of our baby. Pretty settled on Orion for a boy but my other favourite constellation is Cassiopeia, she has always been there for me in the night sky when I needed her. Would this just be too flouncy a name if our baby were a girl?

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Daphnis156 · 02/08/2023 19:53

It's just too bothersome and complicated and will forever be misspelt.

IamnotwhouthinkIam · 01/08/2023 23:06

Oh, didn't realise this was a zombie thread, apologies!

IamnotwhouthinkIam · 01/08/2023 23:05

This is my ultimate guilty pleasure name! (I've loved it since hearing it in the original Battlestar Galactica as a kid, even before I knew about the Greek Myth/constellation).

Being so many syllables Cassiopeia sounds a bit braver than more well known Orion imo (whose only possible issue might be the similar spelling to Onion)- but she can always be known as Cassie/Cassia if it's too much for her. I like the "Cass- ee-oh-pay- ah" pronunciation best - but most people do say "Cass -ee- oh -pee -ah" I think.

fairycupcakes · 01/08/2023 21:15

I know this is an old thread but @PhelanGood if you’re still on here what did you end up going for 😍 I was Googling the name Cassiopeia and your mumsnet thread came up x

Austentatious · 18/10/2017 12:45

Cassia is cinnamon. It's also a brilliant name.

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Phelangood · 18/10/2017 12:41

Haley/Halley is awesome. Like the comet? Twins Cassiopeia and Orion would be my dream!

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FATEdestiny · 18/10/2017 12:31

I like Cassiopeia. I know twins called Cassiopeia and Haley (as in the comet)

Bellatrix is also a consolation I believe. Lovely name that I am annoyed JK Rowling destroyed by making her a baddie.

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PhelanGood · 18/10/2017 12:30

Oh wow just seen the first page - what beautiful suggestions, thanks for all these!

I adore Artemis, Demeter, Celeste... It does give me some a niggle of happiness to hear that there are Cassiopeias out there who really own the name! 'sounds like a medical condition' made me laugh out loud though haha.

On the variation of heavenly body themes I was considering Eliana - firstly it is an English version of my (deceased and beloved) dad's name, and secondly it means daughter of the sun (helios in greek) or something. Would that be better?

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PhelanGood · 18/10/2017 12:25

Cassia is beautiful. It does bring to mind Mohammed Ali too which is good as any daughter of mine would be kickass like their mama. I will look up its meaning!

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Sophronia · 18/10/2017 00:05

How about just Cassia?

SuperBeagle · 17/10/2017 23:10

Don't like it at all.

Cassie alone is nicer.

Weedsnseeds1 · 17/10/2017 21:55

Ursa
Carina
Hydra

Porgs · 17/10/2017 19:49

I think just 'Cassie' is perfect on its own and you can tell her the lovely story of how she was named.

Montacute · 17/10/2017 19:44

What does this even mean? Aren't all constellations always out there somewhere? Stars don't go anywhere.

Lummy. Why don't you have a little think and see if you can dredge something up from the depths of your imagination.

Nifflerbowtruckle · 17/10/2017 19:19

I LOVE Cassiopeia. I’m a big fan of Ni No Kuni and a character is called Cassiopeia. They pronounced it Cass-ee-oh-pee-ah

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 17/10/2017 18:19

More not so try hard solar systemy names
Aurora.
Luna
Neptune
Celeste
Saturn

KittyVonCatsington · 17/10/2017 18:16

I went to school with a Cassiopeia. She actually pronounced it Cassee-oh-pay-ah.
Beautiful name. We did often call her Cassie too!

NinonDeLenclos · 17/10/2017 18:15

It would be a bugger to have to spell out repeatedly.

What about Artemis or Demeter?

BrokenBattleDroid · 17/10/2017 18:12

Or just Cassie, with you knowing privately in your family that you named her after the constellation?

It's a lovely sentiment after all, and Cassie the shortening is lovely.

EssentialHummus · 17/10/2017 18:08

Not keen. What about Lucia (or something sky/light/sun related)?

Orangebird69 · 17/10/2017 18:04

It's awful OP. Sounds like some kind of medical condition.

NotAgainYoda · 17/10/2017 18:03

Ooops! Sorry. Did not RTFT!!

NotAgainYoda · 17/10/2017 18:02

What about Lyra or Carina

Fannyfannakerpants · 17/10/2017 18:01

My favourite name is Phaedra but it has a equally awful story to go with it so I couldn't ever burden a child with it. So for that reason I'd say no. But its personal to you and is beautiful.

KeiraTwiceKnightley · 17/10/2017 18:00

I know a Cassie hope who is known as Cassiopoeia as a family joke.

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