Is this name too weird?

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So for a girl I love the name Hecate, (Hec-a-tee), its the name of a Greek goddess associated with magic and space. I think it is both a cool and pretty name! I know a lot of people probably wont be keen and she'll have it pronounced wrong her whole life...should I still use the name???

I'm not sure if the name is too "weird". Or let's just say that weirdness isn't why I personally wouldn't choose the name.

The name has strong witchy connotations. Which means that it has for quite a few people associations of scariness and or evil. I personally wouldn't use the name unless there was a strong sentimental / personal reasons.

I think Macbeth too. It has quite an evil connotation, which I wouldn't like to be saddled with.

More low brow than Shakespeare, I can only hear that name in the voice of Willow from Buffy, chanting to Goddess Hecate, followed by some spell or other

Nickname ‘Heckles?’

Not as pretty a name as Astarte.

I like it. It's different but not in a chavvy way. If stick with it

It's too unusual and hard to pronounce I think. Also doesn't have a pleasant sound to it.

Too weird

I’d pronounce it the Shakespearean way, which is not how you want it pronounced. Also it will get shortened to Hec (awful) or Cate (unexciting).

@BigBlueBubble

Heckie would be a nice nn. I know someone nicknamed Heckie, it really suits him :)

Too weird in my opinion. I would find it spooky. Macbeth connection!

Beautiful name, not so great connotations. Same reason we decided to pass on Lilith for out DD.

I wouldn't OP. There are loads more positive, equally beautiful Greek mythology names to choose from.

I don't like the name. It sounds harsh and there're too many opportunities to mispronounce/abbreviate/negative associations.

My first thought was ‘pale Hecate’s offerings’

I'd never heard it before but LOVE it. And think any kind of witchy connotation is cool.

Lovely name, yes people may call her hec-Tate but you get issues with all kinds of names and spellings

I've always liked it. I'm really surprised at people saying they didn't know how to pronounce it too, I thought it was a name everyone would be familiar with.

I like 'Hecate' but people (who are, in the main, ignorant) will pronounce it 'He-Kate'.

Antigone is lovely, too. 'Aunty-gone'. Er, no.

Totally your choice. I think lots of ppl will mispronounce it. I read it as Heck-ate.

Antigone is worse than Hecate imo. Hecate is at least the name of a goddess...

Far too witchy, and Macbeth is widely studied!
Also, too much of PITA to spell out all the flaming time. I speak as someone who has to spell out or explain my name about once a day - still!

I love the name. We used our unusual as a middle name. Didn't have the guts to use as a first name. I imagined it was a name my daughter might tell me off for choosing when she was older, and tell me she'd rather a normal popular name like Olivia, Jessica or Amelia.

Far too weird!!!

I think it sounds a bit hiccupy. As someone unmercifully teased over a line in Othello (can't say which. Far too outing) for over a year, please please don't inflict that on your daughter.

Nope