What do you think of Antigone?

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I love the name Tiggy, but would like to christen daughter with a 'proper' full name rather than an obvious nickname. Are there any alternatives to Antigone, as although a strong and remarkabke character in Sophocles' story she was the product of an incestuous relationship and met a nasty death! Does the origin of a name matter?

Antigone bit difficult to spell, pronounce and not a nice story

How about Agatha nn Taggy? (or you could use Tiggy at a push)

The story of Antigone is so awful that it would really put me off the name.

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No from me too. How about Tabitha?

Sorry that is awful full name. It just makes me want to crack awful joke of 'where's she gone?' Very childish of me I know.

Says something about me that I want to crack childish jokes rather than knowing anything about Sophocles though so you may want to ignore me.

It's not that awful is it? She was really a tragic hero who fought for what she truly believed in. Admirable qualities really? Or am i trying to convince myself?

Oh no, apart from the awful story and 'anti-gone' pronunciation, she might get called TiggyWinkle

I take your point, but do most ignorant people like me know that?

She's a feminist icon, isn't she? But it's quite a dark tale. I do like the sound of the word, though.

Tiggy is usually short for Elizabeth. Very old, traditional nickname. True story!

Please don;t condemn her to a life of "No, it's pronounced Anti-gone-ey. Yes, my mother was and Oxford Don, actulally, how did you guess? Oh, have you met my brother and sister, Caractacus and Boudicca?"

She'll get called Aunty Gonie. Tabitha is lovely though, like that suggestion. I knew a Teresa who was Tiggy, too - but probably because we were 5 and she couldn't say it!

I always have to say 'anti gone' in my head several times before I remember how it's pronounced. It doesn't look like a name really, more like a warning.

Antigone is my cat's name... The other one is Persephone...

I have posh cats :-)

Tiggy can be a shortening of Elizabeth, too.

Hideous-sorry.

Just call her Tiggy if thats the name you like.

No. It sounds like some sort of flea-spray or something. I love Tiggy though, and Tabitha.

It's a bit, no, a lot poncey.

Take it from soemone with a 'different' name... people won't know how to pronounce it and she'll be fed up with it when she's older. Yes, I can see into the future.

I really like Antigone, it sounds charming. Put the story means it is a big no from me.

Too weird, sorry! Go with Tiggy if you like it, it's great.

I knew an Antigone who was shortened to Tiggy - I always thought it was a horrible name and wasn't Antigone murdered by being buried alive up to her head or something. That would always put me off.

Sounds very posh, which would put me off TBH. Probably ok if you live in London and go to an elite public school though.

I think Antigone is beautiful, utterly beautiful.

is lovely name but people won't get pronunciation right.

and it is very, very poncy.

so on that basis, no, i'm out.

nope not liking at all...

not keen on tiggy either, all i can hear is aunty-gone and mrs tiggywinkle

tabitha and elizabeth are lovely, cant you think of a different name ad just use tiggy as a pet name?
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