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I am a bit sold on Oenone despite what you all said

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hobbgoblin · 23/05/2009 21:31

Which middle name though, and do you think it's a bit weird to have with older DD Hermione?

Middle names:

Kitty
Betsie
Mathilde
Mabel
Bellatrix

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jabberwocky · 26/05/2009 01:12

weird, that link was supposed to be in bold...

jabberwocky · 26/05/2009 01:11

well artemesisia is also a plant

I like Calliope, Cordelia, Ophelia and Camille.

MoominMymbleandMy · 26/05/2009 01:02

Artemisia? Now, she was a smart classical cookie.

Clary · 26/05/2009 00:46

well for my Greek A level I read Homer, Euripides, Plato and Demosthenes in the original...guess oenone didn't come up.

I knew Paris had a wife but not her name. sorry. How about Helen? (at least she did a bit better). I know two small Helens, it's coming back

MichelleObama · 26/05/2009 00:42

Clary, HOW can you say you are classically educated and have never heard of Oenone. She was Paris's poor abandoned water nymph wife fgs!

Clary · 26/05/2009 00:28

sorry hobbgoblin, I also read it as oneone - thought you meant you were sold on one name and had mistyped...

Please don't call your child this, no-one will have heard it or be able to say it (or spell it).

I was classically educated (ancient greek A-level) and I have never heard of it. I like Hermione btw.

FWIW my kids have unusual names as in there are not that many about (esp DD) but no-one has boggled at them as they are names their grandma had.

ravenAK · 26/05/2009 00:03

How about Cassandra? At least she tried...

The Iliad's crap for girls' names. Have you tried the Odyssey? Penelope...Calypso...

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hobbgoblin · 25/05/2009 23:57

I should have been named sodding Oenone all things considered!

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hobbgoblin · 25/05/2009 23:56

Some say she was into narcotics too .

Shall we re-discuss Pleione?

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ravenAK · 25/05/2009 23:55

She was a bit of a loser tbh.

OK, with classical names it's tricky to find a female with a happy ending (excepting I suppose goddesses), but Oenone is remembered a) for getting chucked by Paris when he met Helen & b) for refusing to heal him after he was fatally wounded. Whereupon she topped herself.

So not a name with especially great associations imo...

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hobbgoblin · 25/05/2009 23:54

Except it isn't! I studied Classical Civilisation and loved it, love the literature, this is why it is not teletubby speak to me.

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skramble · 25/05/2009 23:49

LOL sorry it sounds like tellitubby speak

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hobbgoblin · 25/05/2009 23:48

I really want it to NOT have the effect.

I justified the similar to Hermione thing with the fact that I pronounce all syllables in Hermione as opposed to Her My Knee. Her My Knee does sound similar to Oenone when you say it lazily. Quite different, I think when you say Her My Oh Knee.

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warthog · 25/05/2009 20:58

lmao

AitchTwoOh · 25/05/2009 20:30

imagine shouting for your children to come home from the swingpark... hermioneoenone, we're going home now. you'll just sound like an echo.

RedCharityBonney · 25/05/2009 20:24

Corinna?

Oenone is just a bit too too. But maybe that's why you like it!

Hermione charming btw.

peppapig3 · 25/05/2009 12:15

I actually really like Greek names but this one is a bit difficult to spell/ pn. It is also really too similar to Hermione IMO. How about some of those Heated suggested. They are lovely. I have Ariadne on my list which is also unusual. Do you like that?

MrsMattie · 25/05/2009 12:10

Oenone is quite pretty, but all of the suggested middle names sound really silly. Oenone Kitty? Do me a favour! .

I would bypass middle names with such a funky first name.

warthog · 25/05/2009 11:18

well i think it's hard growing up as it is without having an unusual name. i only had an unusual surname - no-one could spell it or pronounce it, and i got teased to death about it.

she's the one who's got to live with it, not you. someone said they'd developed a tough skin over the names of their dc's, do you really want your dc's to HAVE to do that?

hermione is bordering on unusual, but it's a lovely shakespearean name, made famous by hp etc. but i've NEVER heard of this name and wouldn't want to guess at how to pronounce it.

NationalFlight · 25/05/2009 07:04

lol at aitch

Hobby, i have one very unusual and one peculiar...think utter silence from everyone I told...

oneoone and hermi one, mm, noooo

you could go the whole hog and have obi one as your next tho'

TheFallenMadonna · 24/05/2009 23:42

Now, you've told me one of your ds's names before Paula, and while it is undoubtedly poncetastic it is easy to pronounce and doesn't resemble the name of a telecomms company. And I like it

And the Hermione thing - I know sisters called Xanthe and Ianthe, and seriously, just too similar.

PaulaYatesBiggestFan · 24/05/2009 23:41

mmj but they have grown up with it...they think it is completely normal

and it is them ....

I dont see any issue

I have a friend whose name begins with 'Poo' - no one blinks - it is her name !

themildmanneredjanitor · 24/05/2009 23:39

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AitchTwoOh · 24/05/2009 23:37

it does go really badly with hermione, sorry.

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