To call my baby calliope?

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Pronounced cal-y-oh-pee

Is it awful?

Sounds like a foot condition

Posters saying they don't like a name that they have been asked to judge isn't othering, Goldfish .
And OP isnt proposing a name representing her nationality or culture.
People may make presumptions about her background by the name, but then theydo that with all names.

Oh that is grim - do not saddle her with that!

"And OP isnt proposing a name representing her nationality or culture."

how do you know?
and why does it matter if she is choosing a name not linked to her "nationality"?

worship, yes, I know that's what she'll deal with all her life. Starting it from here doesn't make sense though. Also, essentially it boils down to "give her a forrin name, she'll deal with bad things". Yes, I know that's where we are but I suppose I thought we'd made progress in the past....

so we are meant to call our DC Jane or Tom just so they don't have any of this?

Its an ancient Greek name, Goldfish and I doubt the OP is an ancient Greek!
I mentioned nationality and culture in response to your mention of racism and prejudice with names e. Some idiot racist may discriminate based on a name, you're absolutely right, but I don't see that that applies in this case.

ah, I just think of it as a Greek name.

Its not about forrinness though. So many common names are of forrin origin.
Very many of Greek origin. My DH, both of my DBs and two if my DCs have Greek names!

One of my daughters has a very unusual name, and foreign too, though her name is easy to spell, and pronounce.
Another daughter has an unusual old English/Latin name in origin and that is actually more problematic. I think it's fair for people, as asked, to point out any problems, as constantly having to spell your name and receiving things back with your name spelled incorrectly can be a real pain, and often inconvenient (one of the worst examples was at a gymnastics competition, the enlarged misspelled name flashed up on the screen with her score!)

Short version is that we've had more problems with the Old English name than the foreign name.

Inconvenient when formal documents and memberships need to be sent back to be changed, that is.

No one has said they don't like it because its Greek!
Im sorry Goldfish I think you've had discriminatory issues surrounding your own name (as have I!) so probably are wary of this.
I just don't think that that's the case here.

I consider classical Greece the cultural heritage of Europe and I consider myself a European. So to me it's not cultural appropriation to use Greek or Roman names.

Even if you had no idea of mythology a classical name is usually just a word with 3-4 simple syllables, once someone has said it to you once or twice I don't see why it's hard to say or remember. Just like foreign names you may not be familiar with.

We tell people our dc names and they may ask how to say it once and then that's pretty much it. None of them are as complex as Alexander or Sebastian, which are really common round here.

Nobody said it was cultural appropriation to use foreign names. Phoebe, Penelope and other Greek names are commonly used, and there are plenty of other examples amongst our most popular names.

It depends on how unusual the name is as to whether people will remember to spell and pronounce. We haven't had that experience with our daughter's very unusual Old English-type name, and at times I think another choice might have been easier. I don't think she'll thank me when she's older and personally has to manage the misspellings and mistakes because people aren't familiar with her name.

I wish I could mention them, but that's the trouble when they're too unusual! They would out me immediately

Littledidsheknow said the op probably wasn't Greek so this wasn't a cultural thing and I think Classical culture IS my heritage. So I was just making that point.

I like Callie

Yes, I think its everyones culture, too Koala which is why it wouldn't mark the OP out for racism or prejudice. I love all those classical and mythical names, too... just not Calliope!

Yes that's right Littledidsheknow. It's all of our culture. Though I don't like Calliope.
I think the more modern misspelled or made up names get the most prejudice actually, the names some even call chavvy or common (not common in the popular sense of the word).

It's "othering" on this thread

Posters effectively saying "What, what, never heard of it, can't pronounce, it, callipers, oh dear me no".

Don't be so precious.

The OP asked for opinions. People have answered and quite a lot of people don't like.

I knew it was one the Muses; have never seen Gray's Anatomy and did not know it could also mean a fairground merry go round. The last fact in itself would put me off particularly as the majority seem to know it as a television character, not a Greek myth.

When pronounced correctly to my ears it does sound similar to calliper

Plenty of people have tricky to pronounce names - myself included and I still love my name.
Calliope is great, and so is Cally!
Ignore the ignorant!

It was on my girl names list. Lovely name

I think it's a lovely name!
The shortened version Cal fabulous.
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I know one and she only ever gets 'Cally', mother is now past caring. Go for it!

I bet you have thought of this name without knowing anyone else with it, but because of some strange 'zeitgeist', all of a sudden lots of people will be called Calliope/Callie!

It is very pretty.

I think of it as Cal-lie-opay. Is that correct? Or is it Cal-ee-opee?

Isn't it a big steam powered organ? Percy pulled one once in Thomas and Friends, iifc.... im depressed that I know that.

I wouldn't......

As in Callie from Grey's Anatomy? It's a name you child will ALWAYS have to spell, and will spend a lot of time having to repeat/explain.