To call my baby calliope?

[heathergray]

Pronounced cal-y-oh-pee

Is it awful?

❤️ Calla

Isn't it the name of a warship?

TBH, a name will get flogged whatever it is - too common, too outlandish, too new age, too boring, too old, too dated etc.... I love it, but what else would a Persephone say?! 😉

I know a little girl with that name! And she is known as "Callie" and its a beautiful name x

I think it's up to you. Kids at school will pick it up fine and she can be known as Cally if she wishes.

I was arguing with my dp about this last night! I absolutely love the name, it's different but classic, and shortens easily to something easy to pronounce/ spell

Sounds like some kind of deer or gazelle

I love it. But my daughter has a Classical Greek name so I am biased I suppose

My childhood cat was called Calliope so I think it's a great name!

If I met someone with this name I'd assume it had been done out of spite.

Really countess? Knowing that this is a legitimate name and some posters on this thread have given it to their child. Rather than assume that they were Grey's Anatomy fans, or keen lovers of Ancient Greek myth, or actually Greek, or a bit pretentious, you'd assume that they had a pathological need to make their newborn baby suffer? I'd say that's a bit of a stretch.

Sounds like an exotic vegetable

If I met someone with this name I'd assume it had been done out of spite.

The name's not one that would make my list but this ^^ would make me assume you'd had a rather sheltered upbringing.

My children have Welsh names that they often have to spell/explain to people outside of Wales. it's no drama, and not the big deal people seem to think it is.
i like Calliope. Also a huge fan of Callie from grey's!

At the risk of sounding like a massive twat...

I've never understood the pronunciation of Calliope as Cal-ee-OPE-ee.

It is Greek. As in Antigone and Persephone.

So surely it should be pronounced Cal-LIE-ope-ee?

PersePHONEee doesn't have the same ring to it either.

I wanted a name that could shorten to calli/kali but couldn't get used to calliope .. I preferred callia/Kalia or Callista. In the end I was torn between 2 names so tossed a coin and calli lost, still sad about that sometimes. Calliope is fine though and I know both how to pronounce and spell it. I doubt people would have too much trouble.

I think it's lovely and a nice change from the same old names that get used time and time again. I know about 8 Olivers, Lilys, Lily-Mays among others.
DB and DSIL have just had a girl and have gone for a name I've never personally known anyone called and hopefully she'll be the only known in her school with the name and not another Lily B, Lily S as all the Lilys I know are. Not picking on the Lilys out there- just an example!!

Creepy - a few of us have said the same thing upthread!

Cally-oh-pee sounds mangled to me.

Antigone
Persephone
Penelope
Calliope

All, to me, have the stress on the second syllable.

Antigone is lovely!

Glad it's not just me!

Antigone is pretty but I don't know if I could bring myself to make anyone her namesake. She was't a happy Bunny.

Though she was pretty bad ass, in a stubborn, suicidey kind of way.

Antigone had 2 brothers and a sister so it's always an option to choose a sibling.

She wasn't happy but she was a moral person.

Mmm not my cup of tea lol but it's your baby and your going to be saying that name a million times over your lifetime lol so pick one you love!! X

Personally I would judge you as attention seeking op and I think it's bloody awful you did ask!

However you call her what you like and it's no one else's business until you ask their opinion.