Ariadne??

[MissTweed]

My DH and I love the name Ariadne.... would love to know your thoughts and what middle names that could go with it.
thanks x

yes. Still in Greece, although I'm not sure if it was a wise decision. I found a contract that kept me employed for a while, and I thought I'd give it more time. That's run out now, so if dh's job doesn't go well, we will relocate to UK.

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DH's veto was based on spiders. I was all "no dear, that's Arachne" with him and got told it's because to him (a frog) it sounds too much like "araignée". So that was me told.

I still think he's wrong.

Not that I've been stewing on this for the last 3 years, oh no.

And then he vetoed Calliope and Clio second time round

Ariadne Clio sounds pretty, (blatantly steals from ImpYCelyn).

It is a beautiful name. However, I'd also also bear in mind that it's a bit of a 'statement name' that wouldn't allow the carrier to blend into the background. I went to school with an Ariadne who (at the time) was plain, geeky and very overweight. Used to feel terribly sorry for her, because her classmates would snigger behind her back about her name (not the name itself, really, but the contrast between the image it conjured up and the reality of the girl herself). Oh, and I think of spiders too, but that wouldn't put me off!

It would need a shorter, simpler middle name, I think. Something like:
Ariadne Kate
Ariadne Tess

I think that people think of spiders because Ariadne has been used as the name for spider characters in childrens stories for years.

This may be why some wrinkle their noses but don't know why.

I am one of those people as I am a teacher so I come across it a lot in old and new books.

I think it's a very ugly name.

Sorry.