Antigone?

I love it! Knew one who went by Toni!

My brain registered it as anti gone.

The correct pronunciation is pretty but she’ll spend her life correcting ppl and spelling it out.

Even after reading the correct pronunciation, In my head all I can hear is washing machines live longer with antigone.
Tiggy is very cute though, and if you're somewhere that will always use nn instead of full name and you love it, then go for it.
But be mindful that your daughter might grow to hate it and having to correct it.
My dd is named madeleine which I thought was fairly safe but she absolutely hates it (we live in a country that uses full names unless you're close) and she also hates that people automatically assume nn spelling with an ie. Literally tries to fight me on what her name is even though I have her birth certificate to prove otherwise, thankfully everybody here pronounces it correctly other wise she would have a fit about mad-uh-line mad -eh-line mad-uh-lean so on so forth😂
Hopefully not the case for you but be mindful it's a weekly occasion in our house....

It’s gorgeous. I’ve always thought so despite the tragic story and so if you can past that go for it! Tig/Tiggy is also a lovely nickname/alternative.

Congrats and best of luck! 🥰

Yes Margarita is the cocktail. The pizza is Margherita.

I love this!

Where do you live? When we had our first DC we were splitting our time between Highgate and Yorkshire. There were a few names which I sort of felt would be fine in Highgate but the poor kid might get a rough time up North! Having said that, lots of people I’ve now met in Yorkshire have some pretty wild names for their kids so perhaps my instinct is misguided.

people will definitely mispronounce it, if that’s an issue, choose something else. If you are ok (and think she will be) with correcting people then go for it. I think it’s a lovely name.

Because that's what you do in Greek culture.

Go for Antigone then OP if you love it.

I love Penelope, Eleni and Eirene - all stunning names.

Valentina risks Val as a nn and I find it a bit “much” as a full name personally. Margarita is a cocktail to me!

@Leeloo1233 it's not a native English name.

OP if you love it go for it. The majority of the British population have got their heads around the pronunciation of Penelope and Hermione. Two of my DCs have friends called Xanthe which is surely more tricky to read in English and nobody has ever batted an eye.

Children in London schools in particular will be used to having friends with names from a diverse range of cultures.

Valentina is used in Greece but also many other countries, whilst Eleni is primarily Greek.

Don't know if that may help you decide?

For a non english native speaker this name looks totally bonkers. I didn't know it was a name and I've lived in England for fifteen years. I would think a yeast infection medication or something

@Toastwithtea

I think other children may make fun of them at school if they are called Margarita due to the pizza connection!

Interesting you like Valentina and Eleni - both my favourites from your new list. Valentina was on my shortlist with the nickname of Leni. Or Valy. I think the Val or Tina concern was what put me off it actually. Maybe if she had a strong nickname used more than her full name from v young (likely with a long name), she'll prob be called it by her peers and friends and family so new ones won't come as a teen for example. I'd imagine she'd introduce herself as it from young, IYSWIM.

Penny is really sweet too for Penelope.

What are your other options OP?

There will be many hours spent explaining how to spell and pronounce it, and people will still continue to get it wrong. If that's what you want, go for it.

I really love it, OP. And I think especially given you live in London, it’ll be fine. But a word of warning: my DD has a name from literature (not Greek) which I thought was commonly known, but it turns out the British people are really not particularly well-read, and almost no one knows how to pronounce or spell it, or has even heard of it. As this thread shows, you will be constantly having to help people with it. This doesn’t bother me; I actually quite enjoy the variety of pronunciations we get. But you might not like it. Also, it’s quite exciting when you do find someone who is familiar with the name, and it can give you an insight into that person’s education and interests. I’d be thrilled to meet a little Antigone. It’s a beautiful sounding name, and I bloody love Oedipus! Both my DDs are named after characters who met terrible ends, and it really doesn’t matter. Tig and Tiggy are both adorable nicknames too. Go for it!

That's how I assumed it was pronounced 😂

we mainly call her by her nickname
Why give a longer version?
One correction and that's all it takes for people to say it right.
Usually, but over a lifetime that's a lot of correcting people.