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Antigone?

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bonnibaby · 07/07/2008 16:34

Just come across this for a girl-just out of interest what do you think?
Pronounced An-tig-oh-nee.

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LuLuBai · 07/07/2008 20:41

I like Jocasta too

frogs · 07/07/2008 20:41

Hi controlfreaky!

Actually, OP I think Antigone is a lovely name. But not really practical for all the associations mentioned.

OomphreyCushion · 07/07/2008 20:41

After being in a production of 'Antigone' at university, I have to say the name isn't a legacy I'd want to bequeath to a newborn child.

frogs · 07/07/2008 20:41

Chlamydia?

Gonorrhoea?

LuLuBai · 07/07/2008 20:40

Aaaah Twosofar - Phaedra is lovely. But I couldn't have that either.

controlfreakyagain · 07/07/2008 20:40

hi frogs!

Yurtgirl · 07/07/2008 20:39

I know of a boy called Ochana - very odd imo

controlfreakyagain · 07/07/2008 20:39

listeria?

Spidermama · 07/07/2008 20:39

It's a great name. I would guard against the Tiggy shortening. That's awful. Ickle-Bickle-Tiggy-Wiggy-Woo etc.

People don't eschew the name Juliet though and she met a sad end.

frogs · 07/07/2008 20:39

Jocasta?

Boco · 07/07/2008 20:37

Neuralgia?

controlfreakyagain · 07/07/2008 20:37

antigone?
clytemnestra?
electra?

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.

frogs · 07/07/2008 20:35

MAS, I think Lysistrata is long overdue a comeback.

NorthernLurker · 07/07/2008 20:33

Not a good name - the back story is just too grim and anyone who knows how to pronounce it will also know the story and be thinking 'oh dear'. Everybody else won't know how to say it and simply make your prospective daughter's life a misery by constantly stumbling over it!

Desiderata · 07/07/2008 20:32

It sounds like a poison.

hatrick · 07/07/2008 20:31

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DiscoDizzy · 07/07/2008 20:29

Why do people want to call their children names that others would look and think how the hell do you say that, then proceed to pronounce it incorrectly but once they've got the hang of the pronunciation probably don't know how to spell it either. Bloody nightmare. I like Antonia though as someone else suggested.

MaloryIsCrossWithJohnnie · 07/07/2008 20:27

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flossish · 07/07/2008 20:27

reminds me of antique mahogany.

MaryAnnSingleton · 07/07/2008 20:26

Lysistrata ?

twosofar · 07/07/2008 20:25

Personally i like it. But then I love Phaedra (although not allowed it!)

meemar · 07/07/2008 16:50

Antonia is much nicer

Blandmum · 07/07/2008 16:47

She'd spend the rest of her life explaining to people that it wasn't pronounced Aunty Gone.

A trifle poncetastic doncha think?

meemar · 07/07/2008 16:47

It's one of those names that no one will know how to pronounce. Most people will say 'anti-gone', which sounds ugly.

TheFallenMadonna · 07/07/2008 16:46

Wasn't she the daughter of an incestuous relationship? Or something like that.

Do you love it?