Persephone, ophelia,Titania or Andromeda

[NeedsAsockamnesty]

Just musing but which one do you prefer.

Persephone
ophelia
Titania
Andromeda

all as bad as each other

This is worse than the other thread, and that's saying something

Ophelia or Titania but realistically I wouldn't use either.

What other thread?

So why do you think they are bad names?

Have I missed Shakespeare's birthday again ?

This one

The first and the last sound pretty ugly and are all really pretentious imo.

Ahhhh back I quite liked one of the names on that one

cas how can a name be pretentious? How does a name pretend to be anything

Well, one's condemned to spend half the year underground, one's meant to be ravaged by a sea monster, one goes mad and drowns and the other one is engaged in a horrific argument with her husband...

Separating the stories from the names though, I like Ophelia and Persephone best.

Have I missed Shakespeare's birthday again hmm?

That's in April

Use them all as one massive super name for people to snigger at

What's wrong with John or Emma?

I love Persephone but would never have the nerve to use it!

It's not the name that's pretending to be anything it is potentially the parents choosing them. I don't know maybe if you were upperclass it might sound ok but otherwise I would feel sorry for the child and think the parent was a bit of a twat.

cas thank you for explaining what you meant I do think it's a bit odd thinking that but thanks for telling me.

All those names are names of relatives I'm incredibly fond of

Of the four I prefer Ophelia :)

Ophelia at a push; I wouldn't be keen on any of the others.

Penelope? Same theme, less outré ...

What's wrong with John or Emma

Obviously they are not on the list

Sorry sock, just a gut reaction and may well be quite odd.
I think it is possibly regional as well- I live on the west coast of Scotland but may have a very different view if I lived in the south east of England for example.

Yuk.

I'm certain sock is upper class, and how dare you presume otherwise?
I like Ophelia as a name, but not the connotations, and Titania, but the nickname might be tricky.
Also like Silvia, and Diana. It might be time for a Diana revival.

ifnot

I long for cardi's that did not originally belong to my grandmother

My DD has a name along those lines....

Go with what you like - you're going to be using it everyday. Try shouting it a couple of times make sure you're surname isn't too jarring I quite like Ophelia x

It is the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death this year, so perhaps there might be a revival of Shakespearean names.

In which case you might find a couple more Titanias in the reception class in four years' time...