Shortlist for baby girl with stubborn Greek daddy..

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DD is due any day now and we have a shortlist of names and I need help!! DH (and I) want a name that means something to us/our family/ is preferably a family name. It has to fit with our (multisyllable) Greek surname and the names of our older 2 (Cosmo and Alex). Need a first name and 2 middle names (family habit)

Delphi - Dh loves this as he is from very nearby there and I think he thinks "we" have settled on this... I love it too as it sounds very pretty, but I am worried that a) its not a proper name (bit too fancy-pants try hard?) b) the nicknames that I can think of are all awful c) its the name of a computer programming language and a communication technique...

Cryssa - DH loves. My exDH v similar name - unreasonable I think!!

Maria/Marianna - OK, doesn't do anything special for me really

Xanthe - like, don't love

Zoe - like, don't love

Sylvia (Sylvie for short) - my fave, but has no sentimental/family attachment and, is, erm, not very Greek! But I think it sounds a bit more namey IYSWIM

Elizabeth
Victoria ... completely not Greek - my choices!! But could try and make them middle names.

So can you make me a nice name out of this lot? Any other suggestions?

Is it normal to be in such a total tearful hormonal muddle?! About name?! Can't recall this with the other 2 - they were just obvious choices somehow (after FIL/ my brother so Greek and family, tick tick)

I love Delphi and Xanthe. Cryssa is very pretty too. I like Zoe and Marianna. Not so keen on your others.

Lynettes suggestion if Delphi Marianna Elizabeth sounds beautiful.

Playing with yours and everybody else's suggestions:
Xanthe Victoria Ilithya
Eleni Anastasia Iris
Delphi Melina Elizabeth
Cryssa Marianna Delphi

Theodosia
Daphne
Theodora
Theoni
Antonia
Anna
Athena
Tatiana
Eirene/ Eirini
Ermioni/ Hermione
Stella
Appolonia
Magdalini/ Magdalena
Lena
Nefeli
Phoebe
Aliki
Irina
Lydia
Angeliki
Chloe
Agatha
Rhea
Pavlina
Constantina
Rania (Ourania)
Petroula
Margarita
Penelope
Pandora
Margeta
Maria

Just don't call her Stamatia.

Is Calliope Greek?

I too like Lynette's suggestion of Delphi Marianna Elizabeth - different/pretty/classic - fab combination.

Calliope is Greek, yes.
Don't know if this matters to you but to a Greek person Delphi sounds quite odd because it's a plural. Given that in Greek you conjugate names it would lead to some strange phrases iyswim.

Cassandra, Eleonora, Daphne, Xenia, Lia...

Delphi is perfect. I do like Xanthe too.

PS I knew a posh old woman called Delphi which was short for Delphinium... but don't let that put you off!

I wanted Nefeli for my daughter but sil beat me to it my little one is Danai and eldest is Ksanthi (just outed myself)

Calista is a lovely Greek name that means Beautiful. There is also Calliope, which I was desperate to call dd1 but was shot down in flames sadly.

Beautiful names, Imnobody.

I love Theoni myself.

I have an Alethea and a Callia, and in my fits of pg naming madness I contemplated Iphegenia, Ianthe, Iolanthe and Calantha (not that they are bad names, it's just I'm a Welsh/English mix and DH is English so no Greek roots, I just love ancient Greek literature, and by extension ,Greek names).

My DP is Greek so we had a similar discussion. considered Athena, Artemis, Danae and Ariadne, but we settled on Delphi. I get lots of compliments on it and because she is half Greek and brother has a Greek name too, I think we just about get away with it!

lockets - that's DD2's nickname (well that and Theadopolopodus the dinosaur ) and one of the reasons I chose her name as it's beautiful.

What about Evanthe?

Why not use Delphine - which means woman from delphi (and is a flower). It is certainly a proper name. It sounds so pretty.

Delphi is beautiful. IMO it is definitely a "whole" name, although short enough to not actually need any nicknames.

I also like Eleni, although there is a little Eleni at DS2's school & she does quite often get called Eleanor by mistake when people (usually other parents or children) mishear.

I'm just realising how many pretty and underused greek names there are out there - well, underused in the UK at least .

Within my family (or DHs family to be accurate) there was a tendency to use the English forms of names rather than the Greek - so I know a lot of Helens rather than Elenis. I've noticed lately though that a few of them have started using the Greek form and it's actually making me regret doing the same thing with my DCs. I thought it would be too OTT to give them greek Greek names given they were half English and living in London. I do like their names but a little bit of me wishes I hadn't chickened out!

First of all you all lucky not to be stuck with your MIL's name as is the case with most Greek grandchildren!!!

I've never heard of Delphi as a Greek name for either girls or boys and Delphine just sounds like the Greek word for dolphin and again I have never heard of it used for a person. Then again you might not care for how the name sounds in Greek so if you like Delphi go for it!

How about Despina? That is a fairly straight-forward Greek name that's not too common in Greece and not too unpronounceable in English.

Thea is a lovely name, however it is also the Greek word for 'aunt'...

Maybe don't call her that.

Eleni
Eleanora

Kassandra
Helen