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

Had a girl in our class this year called Artemis, no pronunciation problems and always called by her correct name so no unwanted nicknames. She also loved it when they studied the Ancient Greeks and everybody learned who she was named after.

The problem with Artemis is the difficulty of finding a nn.

I know one and her mum calls her "Missy".

We know Greek/English people whose daughters are Athena and Alexandra. We have an Artemis at nursery.

I have a boy cousin called Artemis.

I like

Eleni. I was vetoed.
Zoe
Chrystalla
Helena
Mary / Maria - not my favourite though.
Ellena
Andrianna
Irini
Louisa
Katerina

I even like Theodora when I was pregnant must have been the hormones.....

I did get one on the list. My husband is English so didn't share my taste.

I love the name Ariana, but I would as it's my DD's name. There are lots of lovely names on here. I'm not sure Echo is the way to go though (?). MIL is Greek so she was happy with our choice of name (pushed for Ariadne but lost!).

Clio?

sounds like a car

Despina

Isn't Artemis a boys name?

Evangelia

It's my half sisters name. Her mother is Greek.

Theoni (an easier to pronounce version than Theone, which looks like 'the one' to some)

Eirene

Penelope

Theodosia

Isn't Artemis a boys name?
no, Artemis is the goddess of the hunt, e.g. the original Diana.
When i was teaching in Greece, there was a lovely girl called Artemis, with a brother called Adonis.....

Calista is lovely and means Beautiful
Calliope is the name that I wanted to call my dd1 but I was talked out of it, shame really as I think it's a lovely name.

My dd is called Ariadne.

Her English relatives have no problem at all with this, and you could use Arianna as a nickname for it if you like.

Thalia is lovely. Also really like Eleni & Katerina.

Alice or Alicia - means noble / truth
Alayla - means war goddess!
Aria - means melody

Ariadne?
I have a Hermione