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Artemis

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toastofthetown · 10/08/2023 18:32

What’s the Mumsnet view on Artemis? I love it, but it was met with an instant dismissal from my husband. Does the NASA Artemis project change your view on the name?

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PurpleChrayne · 10/08/2023 19:21

It sounds like the name of a consortium.

Very ugly sound.

KirstenBlest · 10/08/2023 19:19

I don't like Ivy, it makes me think Ivy Tilsley, Poison Ivy, the clingy persistent weed...
It's quite a pretty name but the associations are too much

Artemis and Artemisia seem a bit too much.

daisypond · 10/08/2023 19:18

Yes, I like it, but not sure if I’d use it.

MotherOfCrocodiles · 10/08/2023 19:15

Ah I didn't know that but possibly worming qualities make it even less attractive...?!

Brexile · 10/08/2023 19:09

MotherOfCrocodiles · 10/08/2023 19:02

I love it!

Would t do artemisia though as the common name for the plant is wormwood (it is quite pretty but poisonous)

I was thinking about this historical Artemisia (thank you Mr Jones, my 1st year history teacher!)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemisia_I_of_Caria

Fair enough about wormwood, although poisonous associations haven't put people off Ivy :)

Artemisia I of Caria - Wikipedia

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemisia_I_of_Caria

KirstenBlest · 10/08/2023 19:08

@MotherOfCrocodiles , it's been used medicinally in the past to get rid of worms, I think.

MotherOfCrocodiles · 10/08/2023 19:02

I love it!

Would t do artemisia though as the common name for the plant is wormwood (it is quite pretty but poisonous)

User6761 · 10/08/2023 18:57

Have only ever met one - she would be in her mid 20s now. It's not a name I'd choose personally but it grew on me as I got used to it.

Brexile · 10/08/2023 18:53

It's OK, not as nice as Diana or Artemisia. What would put me off is a fictional character called Artemis Fowl, who appears to be a boy. I don't know whether the books are still popular, but if so it sounds like school bullies are more likely to be familiar with it and its inappropriately named male protagonist than with classical mythology. It's a judgement call I guess.

99redballoons123 · 10/08/2023 18:43

I'm love it. Classically as Goddess of the hunt, of the wilderness etc she was a kick ass: Tough and brave.