To call my baby calliope?

[heathergray]

Pronounced cal-y-oh-pee

Is it awful?

I prefer Stanley for a girl

Isn't a calliope a big gas producing musical instrument?

Hopefully whatever you call her, you spell it with a capital letter.

I prefer it to Noah.

I prefer Stanley for a girl

Is that pronounced St-ean-lay

I love it. Yes. A lot of people will mispronounce it on the first attempt.m, but then you/DD will tell them who it's pronounced and they'll get it right next time. Not a huge deal.

It was on my list for DS I'd he'd been a girl, along with Persephone and Hermione...

I love GA too but can't get the pronunciation at all.

Don't like it all. Sounds pretentious and is quite ugly. Please don't be offended - you asked for opinions and I thought about sugar coating my response but that would have disguised my reaction to it - which isn't helpful?

Sorry ..and of course you should name your baby as you wish and follow through on your own convictions.

I have never watched Greys soooo had never heard of the name, I thought it was made up. Don't do it. I know someone (England) called Assumpta after a Ballykissangel character, she has spent every single one of her 18 years hearing "what?"

I like it and have a dear friend with the name. Though she's known as Popi. If you love it, use it!

I think it's fine, I know a little girl called Calliope, it gets shortened to Callie, no one bats an eyelid when her mum says her full name and I've never heard anyone pronounce it incorrectly.

Nope I love it, I worked with a Calliope a few years ago, she went by Calli mostly. She was lovely too

I love it, along with Calista.

Then again I do think MN is probably worse for this type of thing.

This. There are many things I like about MN but I'd never come here for baby name advice. People in the real world are far less judge and far more open minded IME.

*judgy

Ghastly.

People in the real world are far less judge and far more open minded IME.

To your face maybe.

I think it's ok. Felicia Day has named her baby Calliope Maeve recently.

Oh love that! I'd have used it if I'd thought about it!

soundsysten both of those were on my list too!

I can pronounce it and know who it was but, i also always associate it with the fairground music. I agree with pp about having to explain her name and spell it all her life.

It's a nice name. I know someone called this. No harder to pronounce than any of the other Greek names - Penelope, Hermione, Persephone, etc.

Grey's Anatomy name!

I actually like it

I love it.

Weird that posters call it too trendy but also too unusual

Aren't they creepy haunting empty roundabout instruments? Really sorry OP but that's what I think of! Maybe Callie instead?

But who gives a shit what I think, if you like it, it's not like you want to call her bumface, so go for it :)))