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

I went to school with a girl whos name was pronounced Tay thee a but spelt with an x. Is that greek? Lovely name either way.

I really like Phaedra. That would go well with Xanthe.

Echo is sooooo cute!!

Olga

I have an Alethea and a Callia and will soon have an Eris. Probably they are hideously out of style or pretentiously obscure even in Greece but DH & I love them.

Why do you have a problem with your dd's name being pronounced the english way? My dd's name is pronounced differently in english as it is in flemish, and I don't have any problem with that at all, neither does she. Both pronunciations are acceptable.

Zoe?

Yolanda is Greek I think. It's also the name I would use in the highly unlikely event that I was to have another baby (and it was a girl!). I love it.

How about Charis? It means Grace.

Khyrah

Eleni
Katerina
Stella
Zoe
Persephone
Marina
Jocasta
Zulieka (Persian/Greek)
Melina

Elena
Crystalla
Zoe
Helen are all names of the girls in my DDs friends family. Mums is called Anna.

By the way I love the name Arianna -
Thalia ok - but depending on where you live could be pronounced with an F!
My daughter is a Yolanda and I have come across Spanish,Polish and Greek Yolanda's

Best of luck ooma (yaya of Yolanda's twins)

I luuuurve the name Andriana; it's one of my absolute favourites.

And of course, Melissa = Greek, too. I can remember wishing I could be called Melissa, when I was little.

Antigone (Tiggy for short)
Zoe
Phoebe
Pandora
Leila

Others have already suggested Thalia - can I begin cheeky and ask how you would pronounce that, Echonarcissis?

Another suggestion: Cassia

I teach a lovely Greek girl called Elisavet. Everyone calls her Lizzy of course...

What about Delphi?

Zoe
Helen/a
Eleni
Constantina (Tina )

These are all the Anglo-greek girls I have known.

Antigone and Phaedra don't have the best historical connotations, do they?

Evgenia? "Jenny" for short/anglicised?

Or Aliki (Greek version of Alice, I think?)

Androula?
Nousha?
Kristina?

These are names of Greek girls from my childhood. Might be out of fashion now.

Euphemia, with nn Effie, or just Effie, I have one and shes great