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Which name from Greek mythology is your favourite?

79 replies

JessieIsabelle · 03/02/2024 22:13

Just trying to get some more inspiration as we love names from mythology.

It's for a girl, but you can say what it would be for a boy too, if you'd like.

It can be unusual, we need a first and a middle name, so the unusual ones would probably go on the middle name list.

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Unexpectedlysinglemum · 05/02/2024 23:59

Igotjelly · 03/02/2024 22:17

Persephone

Same

wlv12 · 05/02/2024 23:50

Iris
Gaia
Maia

Stillnormal · 05/02/2024 23:46

Please don’t call your human child any of these names

CaptainBeekeepers · 05/02/2024 23:21

Zeus: The chief deity of the Greek pantheon, ruler of Mount Olympus.
Hera: Queen of the gods and goddess of marriage.
Apollo: God of music, arts, knowledge, healing, plague, prophecy, poetry, manly beauty, and archery.
Artemis: Goddess of the hunt, wilderness, and wild animals.
Athena: Goddess of wisdom, warfare, and strategic warfare.
Ares: God of war and violence.
Demeter: Goddess of the harvest and agriculture.
Poseidon: God of the sea, earthquakes, and horses.
Hades: God of the underworld and the dead.
Persephone: Queen of the underworld and goddess of spring growth.
Hermes: Messenger of the gods, god of trade, thieves, and travelers.
Dionysus: God of wine, parties, and festivals.
Aphrodite: Goddess of love, beauty, and fertility.
Hephaestus: God of fire, metalworking, and craftsmanship.
Hestia: Goddess of the hearth, home, and family.
Nike: Winged goddess of victory.
Chronos: Personification of time.
Iris: Messenger goddess and the personification of the rainbow.
Nemesis: Goddess of revenge and retribution.
Pan: God of the wild, shepherds, and flocks.

CurrentHun · 05/02/2024 23:19

Pia is a different Latin name but is pretty.

CurrentHun · 05/02/2024 23:18

Iris

Malibu12 · 05/02/2024 23:16

Olympia nickname Pia

Stillnormal · 05/02/2024 23:15

Think about how you want your daughter to feel about her name and everything that others project on it and so her for her whole life mostly I’d say. As a main priority.

TooningOut · 05/02/2024 23:11

Artemis
Persephone

Tinkeytonkoldfruit · 05/02/2024 23:10

Briseis - but mainly because I love the retelling of her story by Pat Barker

Circe

Andromeda

Chestnutsroastgreen · 05/02/2024 23:01

Chloe
Penelope
Cassandra

SunflowerSeeds123 · 05/02/2024 22:12

@LenaLamont 😂

SunflowerSeeds123 · 05/02/2024 22:10

Not Greek but Minerva. Originally came from Etruscan (pre-Roman) folklore. Goddess of war, justice and learning. Her Greek counterpart is Athena.

Professor McGonagall in Harry Potter was aptly named.

Renamed · 05/02/2024 21:52

Selene
Persephone
Hecate
Despoena
Megara

As PP said, some names are quite ill omened

CandyLeBonBon · 05/02/2024 21:49

Artemis

BarbaricPeach · 05/02/2024 21:45

I liked Ariadne but I've met one recently who went by Addy and it just turned me off. Why give your child such a beautiful and unusual name but give her a nickname that's really common for a lot of other names.

MyopicBunny · 05/02/2024 21:43

Electra
Penelope
Persephone
Apollo
Calypso

Some of these poor people were so unfortunate though, eg Iphigenia.

ChelseeDagger · 05/02/2024 21:41

How about Minerva?

Bit of a tall order to live up to, but then so is Helen and there's millions of those milling around.

tillytoodles1 · 05/02/2024 21:41

Athenaeum.

ChelseeDagger · 05/02/2024 21:40

I like Ismene and Electra.

Antigone reminds me of Tigger..

NWnature · 05/02/2024 21:34

Antigone and Persephone are both lovely

BouleDeSuif · 04/02/2024 12:51

Callisto

LenaLamont · 04/02/2024 12:49

LoveTheJudgement · 04/02/2024 12:43

Oedipus and Electra

You're a complex sort of person.

LoveTheJudgement · 04/02/2024 12:43

Oedipus and Electra

locket2009 · 03/02/2024 22:47

Odysseus

Only because we watched about his adventures when I went to primary school