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Phaedra...

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FriggFRIGG · 11/11/2012 16:36

Thoughts?

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GlaikitFizzog · 11/11/2012 17:35

Janners?

leelteloo · 11/11/2012 17:36

I like Phaedra, my cousin is one. She is fed for short. What a list of names!!! Out of all of them Tabitha and Clara are my favs, they were top of my list but then he was a he. Good luck choosing.

LadyofWinterfell · 11/11/2012 17:36

I know a Phaedra, nn Fay. Lovely woman, a bit hippyish! :o

GlaikitFizzog · 11/11/2012 17:38

Did you like bewitched leelteloo?? :o

amarylisnightandday · 11/11/2012 17:55

Plymothians Grin

My Phaedra is about 20 if that

leelteloo · 11/11/2012 21:03

Loved bewitched, wrinkly nose emoticon

GlaikitFizzog · 11/11/2012 21:05

:o

Felicitywascold · 11/11/2012 21:11

Do you read plays?

No. No. No. And no.

MoelFammau · 11/11/2012 22:25

I know a lovely red-haired Phaedra in her late 30s. Great name.

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FriggFRIGG · 11/11/2012 23:47

But Cassandra is normal and fine? Wink

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FriggFRIGG · 12/11/2012 00:14
Grin
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Felicitywascold · 12/11/2012 09:01

Difference with Cassandra is that it has been more widely used in the time between the classics being written and today.

although I still wouldn't pick it

WitchesTit · 12/11/2012 09:09

WOW. Just, WOW!

It's amazing, I've loved it since I was about 13 and reading James Herbert novels at the back of the class. One particularly horrific one had a fascinatingly beautiful character called Phaedra. If I had the balls I would name my dd that.

And Phaedra Vita is just...double wow!

WitchesTit · 12/11/2012 09:15

Phyllis makes me want to do a whispered "Sih" sound before saying it, like when you shout for someone called "Mark" and you silently say "Skid" before you holler..........is that just me?

RubberNeckNibbler · 12/11/2012 09:36

As we obviously have the same taste in boys names Wink I'll offer you my last list:

Keir
Gregory
Oshian
Ethan
Oren
Garth (actually DPs offering)
Cyrus (got slated on MN for that one)
Tyrone (and that)

Girls were:
Genevieve
Jenna
Marianne
Leona
Annis (old form of Agnes)
Seren/Serena
Morgan
Tyrion

GlaikitFizzog · 12/11/2012 09:42

Ooh I like annis! Putting that on my list!

How do you say Tyrion?

RubberNeckNibbler · 12/11/2012 09:47

It's Welsh and goes something like tee-ree -on

FriggFRIGG · 12/11/2012 10:03

Err...no....I'm not peaches geldof...how very dare she!

witches your comment has made my DP very,um,pleased with himself Hmm

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MotherfuckingMorrisMan · 12/11/2012 10:14

It is pronounced Fee-dra not fay-dra. And Ariadne is ar-ee-ad-nee not nay at the end.

Phaedra is a really beautiful name on its own but the mythology and play behind it - it is a very sad tale. I personally love and adore the name Oenone and would love to use it for a child, but again the story behind it is so unfortunate really.

You have some really lovely names on that list. Your list did make me laugh - it reminds me of my longlist when I was pregnant and obsessed with names, poor d wasn't named for days. Grin

FriggFRIGG · 12/11/2012 10:22

But isn't Greek mythology more about the meaning than the story?
And isn't the meaning more about letting go,love,and self control?

So many names have sad connotations...I think we are okay with it,really...

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HyvaPaiva · 12/11/2012 10:22

Peaches Geldof is pregnant with a baby boy who she has named Phaedra.

FriggFRIGG · 12/11/2012 10:26

Eh?
But...but...but...she cant!

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