Help me find a Greek girl's name

[echonarcissus]

Hello all, I'm new to mumsnet and expecting DD2 shortly. I want her to have a Greek name like DD1 but I want one that people can pronounce in the UK (we live in the UK but are from Greece).

DD1 (age 6) is called Xanthe and no one here can pronounce it so she is always called 'Zanthe' rather thank 'Ksanthi'. I know that X is pronounced Z in the UK but am surprised that people apply that to a foreign name. Especially as the X sound exists in the English lanuage, ie 'tax' and 'box'.

So this time I want a Greek name that Britsh people can pronounce. My ideas so far are:

Thalia
Arianna

And that's as far as I have got despite wasting hours thinking about it .

I have lurked here for ages and you all seem friendly, wise and honest. What do you think of the two names? Can you suggest any others?

Thanks all

spelling will probably be wrong but i taught a few anglo/greeks called:
Thea short for christathea
georgi gorgiothea
marro
ireni

i love thea

Oh thank you mumnosbest. I really like 'Marro' and also Chrisso (short for Chrissothei) but get the impression that people migh think they are boys names

I think Thalia is beautiful.

What about Milena? Athena?

Chloe
Penelope
Hebe
Hermione
Melissa
Alexia
Anemone
Chara
Artemis
Adonia
Eugeneia
Sara
Selene
Callidora
Delia
Pandora
Diantha
Elissa

and last but not least.... Ptolema!!

Thalia and Arianna are both lovely by the way :)

i think theyre both beautiful names and had no gender issues with the littlr girls i knew. although chrisso is like chris my first thought is crystal (very girly and pretty).

also like Lena and helen

Anastasia

Artemis....such a strong but pretty name..

Μου αρέσει Θαλια και Αριαννα!

or Chloe is easy for English speakers....?.

That means I like both names you chose, op.

Angela
Love Antigone, but I guess there are pronunciation problems.

What about Electra?

Thalia and Arianna are both lovely names!
I have no idea if this is easily pronounceable, but I also love the name Berenice.
Other ideas: Agatha, Aglaea/Aglaia, Clea

Are Petrina or Helena Greek?

Phoebe?

Xanthe is a 'foreign' name but it is also one that is used from time to time in the UK, where it is roughly pronounced ZAN-theh.There are several Xanthes listed in the Telegraph's birth announcements, most with English surnames and with mums and dads named Eleanor and Timothy, Felicity and Richard, Anna and Will, etc. Since Xanthe is in occasional use in the UK by British parents who use the 'British' pronunciation, this explains the difficulties you are having in getting people to pronounce your daughter's name as you desire. To avoid this problem with your second daughter, choose a name that is either not used in the UK or which is pronounced identically in both languages.

Alexandra?
Penelope?
Cassandra?
Maia?
Melissa?
Phoebe?
Samia?
Thisbe?
Lilaia?
Thebe?
Iris?
Hebe?
Eulalia?
Melia?
Doris?
Echo?
Evadne?
Ione?
Selene?
Daphne?
Leda?
Melaina?
Hero?
Hestia?
Hermione?

I have a friend who is named Vassiliki and her nn is Vassy, which I find really nice.

Marina
Olympia
Irina
Athena

Pelagia

The names from Captain Corelli's Mandolin spring to my mind i.e. Pelagia (like a pp already mentioned) and Lemoni.

OP what about your user name?

Echo.

I would never have know that Xanthe shouldn't be pronounced Zanthe. I automatically pronounce words begininng with an X as Z e.g. xylophone, xanadu (not x-ray though obv)