Io ?

[lemonstartree]

what do you think ???

floorless, I really like the name Io (also Hero, Leto, Clio etc - all the short 'o'-ending Greek mythology girls' names). I am glad you are using it.

I do not think it looks good hyphenated with Seren. Io Seren would be fine, Io-Seren not so much.

Another issue would be that Seren is a Welsh name, and people may assume that you would be pronouncing 'Io' as if it were Welsh - as people have mentioned above, 'yo'. Perhaps consider Serena, or Selene (to keep the moon theme going).

Io? When I opened this thread I thought you must have missed a few letters off of Iona or something. Io doesn't even seem like a name.

@kittenofdoom, She can't possibly be any louder or more active than our boys, 1 and 2, though she will certainly add to the chaos, and we're looking forward to it... mostly!!

@badtime, thanks, and I agree that the Welsh origin of Seren might serve to confuse that the forename also shares a Welsh pronunciation, which we don't want. It leaves an interesting choice. I like Selene, but perhaps not enough. Luna, the Roman variation does not fit well either. We had considered Sofia, or Sorella, but it quickly loses it's original meaning and our reason for choosing those names. We'll certainly rethink and revisit with any news though!

@sundanceclaire Io has always been my first choice name for a girl, call me crazy, I love it, and it's one that the more you hear it the better it sounds. Each to their own though.

I suppose it's not that much different from Ian, which is a common name among my generation.

Fabulous. Use it.

It kind of makes me feel like it's a shortened version of something else...I do like it though.
because my dd is researching Io for science at this very moment.

I have a greek mythology name on my list. So I'm kind of biased when I say I like other greek names :D

awful dont do it

is that pronounced like 'yo' ?

It's too confusing. It makes Ivo seem very classic. it also reminds me of George bush saying yo blair.

Could look a bit like '10' written on his school report...

This is an old thread. But glad you are using it new op.

Be interesting if she ever meets my son...

msjj

Much too short - looks incomplete.

Don`t like the way it sounds either.

I quite liked it when I thought it was pronounced YO (In Wales so it was my first thought), EYE O not so much.
If you love it , use it though!