Persephone, Beatrix or.....?

[TheCag]

We’ve just found out dc3 is a girl and obviously all I can think about now is names.

We have two boys called Rufus and Felix, I don’t mind names not ‘matching’ but it gives you an idea of what we like. I prefer names that aren’t too popular. If dc3 had been another boy I’d have been pushing for the name Magnus.

I like Beatrix and Diana, dh likes Persephone, Jemima and Penelope. We’ve got a few months to go but I don’t feel like anything is really clicking for me yet so very open to suggestions. (Also I may still be in shock that it’s a girl!)

Beautiful names,

I love Penelope and Beatrix. Both have lovely short names and carry well throughout life.

Other names I feel suit your sons names

Thea-Greek Titaness of light.
Juno-Queen of the heavens
Serephina-fiery wings (goes well with Rufus)
Astrid
Artemis-nn Arty
Blythe

I like Persephone

What about Karenza? Seems to fit the sort of names you are looking for too.

Ianthe? Helena? Alexandra?

Beatrix and Diana, dh likes Persephone, Jemima and Penelope

I prefer Beatrice to Beatrix. Beatrix too Harry Potter baddy sounding.

Diana - ok, retro.

Persephone - too posh! I have a similar name I am sometimes self conscious of.

Jemima - nice, unusual.

Penelope - ok, not that keen.

Wow those are frightfully posh names . I think Beatrix Is the nicer.

People worry too much about ‘the child will always have to spell it out’

I have a 4 letter name, it’s more commonly spelt with 5 or even 6 letters. So every time I give it out I have to say it’s xxxx and that is spelt...

Same with a colleague called Lucy, I hear her on the phone all the time saying “no it’s with a Y not an I E” when i’d never even question Lucy as anything other than a Y.

OP I think Rufus, Felix and Diana Persephone is lovely
Plus it’s accidentally a 5 letter name for all

Meant to say that when I give my name, it doesn’t bother me to give my spelling and if it’s just to book a table or something where the spelling doesn’t matter, I just let them write it down anyway they like.

You might balk at having to spell a 10 letter name every time though.

It’s not like being able to say Katy with a y.

I love the name Beatrix. It's all new to the ears and it is very classy.

Euphemia

Love love love your list - v similar to mine when I had dd. Wanted beatrix to shorten to trixie which I love.
Also had Eden, Clara, Tabitha, Camilla, Stella and Giselle.

Have you considered Hippodamia?

Been being your usual lovely self again TatianaLarina on the baby name board?

At least it wasn't chav this time though.

OP what about Gloria?

How about Eris?

Gloria is nice, not sure I could saddle a baby with the nickname Hippo .

Karenza is lovely, we have lots of Cornish ancestry/family so I’d like a name from there. Dh loves Demelza but I think it’s mostly due to ‘er from Poldark. I love Elowen but it’s more of a middle name idea.

I agree that I don’t really like the idea of shouting Persephone across the playground. Dh and I each chose a name when we had the boys. There is going to be a lot more compromising this time around!

Hippo? Gloria is pretty cool and retro.

Love the Greek names, but Penelope is my favourite out of your choices.
My Dh vetoed most of the more unusual names for our girls so I now use them to name the chickens!

Haven't read all comments but I like Beatrix. Diana is also nice but don't like the thought of the nickname 'Di'. Jemima is horrible to me and Persephone I quite like but personally wouldn't use as it's too exotic for me. I like vintage and traditional names. I think Beatrix goes best with your boys

I love all of these names. :) I'll throw it out there that we have a little Olympia 'Polly', which you might like. She is Olympia Leto Beatrix and just occasionally I write her name out in full just to see it, because I love it so.

We also have an Embla, which was the name of the first woman in Norse mythology - I like that it's easily pronounced, unusual and yet it has a strong history behind it.

Ah duck forever with an axe to grind over some imaginary grievance.

You saw the thread where many posters agreed and OP chose another (much nicer) name?

It's not my grievance Tats. I just don't like seeing posters being upset when someone refers to a potential name for their dc as chavvy. It upsets a lot of posters and has done for a long time.

No idea what you're on about in your second paragraph.

Don’t try to pass off your own personal beef as some kind of altruism, it’s not the first time you’ve tried to have a go at me.

That OP made another thread and many posters agreed with me, so she went for another name.

That isn't true. I have disagreed with you but this is not personal. I have poster previously regarding people saying certain names are chavvy and that it's unkind.

Still not sure what you're saying about the other thread and what I have to do with it.

She is Olympia Leto Beatrix and just occasionally I write her name out in full just to see it, because I love it so.

That is amazingly cool! My kids have classical names too but they are very 'safe' ones. A decade or two ago it seemed like if your kids weren't called Jack/Sam/Evie/Ellie you were considered some kind of weirdo! Good to see people going for interesting names.

Quite like Beatrix, prefer Beatrice. Not keen on the others, sorry.