Persephone or Hera? Greek mythology names

[phlossie]

I love Greek mythology, and these names:

Persephone (pr. Per-seph-onee)
Hera
Hero
Pheobe
Rhea
Iris
Ariadne
Electra
Hermione

Artemis
Demeter
Cadmus
Phineas
Leander

Hero was on my list. I also love Elektra. Have you come across Phye? A beautiful mortal girl mistaken for Athena (another great name as long as you don't have poster shop associations!).

We nearly named our DD Juno.

Love Hector for a boy and Leander is good too.

Love Hector but already have a Henry
Knew a girl at University called Nike. She had no problems getting personalised clothed and shoes

I knew a Nike at school - it was pronounced Nicky and at the personalised clothing.

My daughter has an Athene as a mate, and I really like Persephone!

Have you considered Hebe or Alethea? Were both on my list for DD but didn't go with our surname.

I love your list OP, great taste! My name is from Greek mythology and Its always complimented on (to my face anyway!)... It's Cressida. Although I do get called alsorts, Christine, Cassandra, Crystal (!)

I like most of your list . Not so keen on Electra , it always seems a bit harsh to me .

We had a lot of names from greek mythology on our baby name lists but I agree with some other posters about the unfortunate endings so many of these people had !

I particularly like Hero - it was on our list but is a bit too unusual for where we live :(

We very nearly called DD2 Io but again it is a bit too 'different' for around here , but I do really love it , and poor Io ended up as a cow so not a great story !

How about Callisto , Calliope or Cassiopea ?

Persephone - pretty but too try hard imhoHera
Hero - not fond
Pheobe - not fond
Rhea - not fond
Iris - ok
Ariadne - love it
Electra - horrible
Hermione - love it

Also love Cassandra and Helen.

Don't like any of the boys' names but love Hector.

Nausicaa
Andromache
Briseis
Chryseis
Eileithyia / Eileithyie (It sounds quite like Alethea but has a different meaning)
Charis
Maia
Leto
Thetis
Polyxena
Epicaste
Iphigenia

Sarpedon (Sar-pey-don - love the sound of this name)
Xanthus
Antenor
Aegeus
Pylades
Eurysaces
Alector
Laertes

I have a Greek goddess for a daughter, though she hasn't cropped up on your lists yet:) Go for it if you want to:o

I like Icarus for a boy

Aurora
Themis
Hestia
Leto

As other possibles?

Or go for broke with Mnemosyne?

Persephone (pr. Per-seph-onee) Love this name!
Hera prefer Hero.
Hero See above.
Pheobe Phoebe better.
Rhea Dia.....
Iris No, dull.
Ariadne Great - spidery!
Electra Love this - but there is a complex associated!
Hermione nah.

Artemis stylish
Demeter Very nice.
Cadmus Perhaps.
Phineas Cute but a bit silly.
Leander Beautiful - esp with Hero.

Thea

I have an Artemis. Was a tough decision between Artemis, Hera and Juno.

LOVE Apollo for a boy, or Hercules Unfortunately dp has said no to those for a future ds. We would probably go for Atticus or Roman if we had a boy. And one of the girls names above for a girl

My dd is called Ariadne, and I just love it!

If I had another dd I would like to call her Alcmene, but dh hates it .

I also like Artemis and Hera (I would say Heera, and it's Eeera in Greek as well)

Not so keen on Cadmus, but Leander is great.

Ha - just looked a Norse mythology, and a lot of names sound like storage solutions from Ikea...

Thats because many of the storage solutions from ikea are named from Norse Mythology

I love Phoebe, Persephone and Hero also like Ariadne

What about the 9 muses??
Calliope= Beautiful voice
Clio= Proclaimer
Erato= Passionate or Lovely
Euterpe= Rejoicing Well or Pleasure Giver
Polyhymnia =Many Songs
Melpomene =Songstress
Terpsichore =Rejoicing in the Dance or Whirling
Thalia= Festive or Flourishing
Urania =Mountain Queen

Personally I have a Phoebe and even now 14 years on I adore the name. I dont mind to badly that it became so popular it is still a beautiful name.
I wanted Aida or Lakme' but dh said no way. (sulks)

I always have to spell my first name Candice - and now have to spell my married surname. It takes soooo long - every time I speak to anyone on the phone/dealing with any official/form/anyone. And people spell it wrong (fine) but them mispronounce it as well and I end up being "Candeeeeece" which reminds me of a "page three stunner." I do like having a slightly unusual name but after nearly 40 years it does begin to grate having to constantly spell it. Pick something that is unusual but not too weird. We have a persephone at sunday school and while it sounds lovely.... everyone has to ask how it is spelled...and that becomes the focal point of your interaction with her - which can be a good talking point or (as you get older) just tedious.

I love Hestia and Io.

DD reads a series of books about a Persephone who is nicknamed Perse (Percy). Same thinking as Percy Jackson being similar to Perseus I suppose. Is that an abbreviation you would be happy with?

I like Artemis but the Artemis Fowl connection makes it a boys name for many.

I love love love Hero. What a fantastic, beautiful name. I love that it's a bit gender ambiguous and of course the meaning of the word is great.

Persephone is beautiful too. It has loads of nickname options. I think in Malory Blackman's books the Persephone is nicknamed Sephy, which is quite nice.

Hera is lovely but obv I prefer Hero :)

I should keep quiet but I can't, sorry!! Perse is a rude word in Finnish and while it is unlikely that your dc will come to contact with many finnish speaking people... Arsephone just doesn't sound very pretty, does it?

You have Artemis on your boys list - it's a girls name (another name for Diana). I love it. What about Antigone?

I would stea clea of Rhea. She's a goner ...