Persephone, ophelia,Titania or Andromeda

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Just musing but which one do you prefer.

Persephone
ophelia
Titania
Andromeda

Have you considered Charybdis?
Not Shakespearean I know, but ever so Greek.

They're all. A bit tragic! In that same vein iI can offer you Cassandra.

I know of two little girls named Persephone and I used to have a cat with the same name so I think it's gorgeous. Nicknamed Persey and Seffy.

And honestly, anyone with the name Persephone will have exactly the same pronunciation "issues" that little Hermione, Antigone or Ptolemy would, and they seem to be universally loved on mn.

OP, Persephone is definitely the prettiest followed by Ophelia and Andromeda.

Logically I know that Persephone isn't pronounced Percy-Phone but it SO is every time in my head (but then again I think of my cousin Penny's full name as Penny-lope rather than Penelope).

I quite like Ophelia but think that nominative determination would happen and I'd end up with a melodramatic teen.

Titania is OK...if you ignore the fact that it starts with Tit and that would be the inevitable form of teasing (particularly if said child was either early or late to bloom in the breast department).

Andromeda is just a bit 60s hippy - but that could be because I used to work with one (known day-to-day as Andi)

I can't heard Persephone without thinking 'Percy Phone' which is a shame as I think it's lovely.
Ophelia.

I love them all.
Andromeda is my too girls name, I would love to call my baby this. Although in greek it isn't pronounced as we say it in English.
Persephone is also in my top 5.
Elektra, and Olympia are also beautiful. I loved pandora but everyone has a bracelet now which has kind of spoilt it a bit.

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I have no probs with using Shakespearean names as such - but Ophelia... What depressing connotations, I can't see why anyone would give a newborn girl that name

The thing about newborns is they do tend to grow into adults

I like all of them

Sorry OP, did you say in a previous post that these are all names of much loved family members?

I like all of them especially Andromeda.

Ophelia first, then Persephone (although it's a lifetime of correcting pronunciation..).

The other 2 are just plain awful. There is a very good reason why certain names are not used more frequently...

Ophelia is the best. You would have to be proper upper class to carry off this list though. Like extra digit fox murdering kind of posh and not Carole Middleton.

If you like Titania, how about Tatiana instead?
Josephine instead of Persephone...

I know a beautiful Persephone. She is lovely and her mum is not at all upper class. Very down to earth and amazing...

Persephone! It's a beautiful name

Kat I already have 2 of the names you have on your likes

I like Persephone, with Seffy as nn.

I've heard Percy and Penny used a nn too though I'm less keen on them.

It's one of Dd's favourite names - she claims she wants twins called Hermione and Persephone when she is older.

Yes boo ones I am also considering using

I have to say I'm astonished at how many people don't know, or think most people don't know, how to pronounce Persephone. Isn't it one of the best-known Greek myths? But anyway, no different to Siobhan, for example, in that regard.

I love all of them but all but wouldn't go for Titania. Ophelia and Persephone were on my top 10 list as was Phaedra and Luna (I know they're not shakespearean but similar style) in the end I wasn't brave enough and I really regret it. Go for a name you love. You'll never please everyone so you might as well please yourself.

I like the three names apart from Titania.

May I suggest:

Athena
Rhea
Cassiopeia
Jocasta

Persephone is gorgeous, so is Ophelia
She will be in a class with Luna, Coco, Theadore and a range of other wonderful names. She will not be out of place at all. I am a teacher and the kids I teach do not tease other children because of their names. They just accept and get on xxx

I like opheila but I wouldn't use any of the names they come across as pretentious

In response to the above... I know newborns grow up. I just meant giving a baby/girl a name associated with madness and death by drowning. It doesn't really suggest hope for a happy life.