Persephone / Antigone

[WittgensteinsBunny]

DH likes Persephone (Percy) and Antigone (Tiggy).

I don't know much about Greek mythology but Wikipedia tells me Antigone is the daughter of Oedipus. And some other unpleasant stuff. But I'm no expert, anyone? This makes me not so sure. Plus there's the Wooly & Tig theme tune to contend with! Although I like the name, I can't imagine using Persephone as it feels pretentious to me. Is it? I do like Percy though.

We already have a dd - Elodie; and we have boys names. Just need help with some alternative girls names:

I like:
Asta
Astrid
Freya
Beatrix

What does everyone else think?

pronounciation:

anne-ti-gon-ee (not 'anti gone')

per-seph-on-ee (not 'percy phone')

better get t-shirts printed for whichever name you choose, there's a lot of explaining to do...

the latter, as a middle name. Not the former.

ROFL @ "Percy Phone"

Thanks Qis and Special, I've heard Persephone before but not Antigone so I still need to 'force' myself not to see it as Anti-gone iykwim!!

I came across a little girl called Andromeda recently, had never heard of that before!

'I consider it in the same camp as Evie or Lexie'

I'd never consider Elodie as anything like those.

Do you like Alkisti? That one has a happier story. Hercules had to go retrieve her from Hades as one of his feats because her husband loved her so much he couldn't live without her.

I love Persephone and if DS had been a girl that would have been the name. She is also known as the bringer of spring (ie when she returns from the underworld everything starts growing again).

I'm not the type of person who would feel ashamed of my child's name though (I certainly wouldn't have felt 'a tit' calling out for Persephone), so I think you need to decide on a name that you feel comfortable with that isn't dependent on what strangers on an internet forum think.