what do you think of Athena?

[dicing]

obviously won't be to everyone's taste! just looking for thoughts on the name and if there'd be any potential nicknames?

I like it but then I also like cake.

I love Athena would call her Thea for short. Was on my short list

Pretty name but in the UK it's likely people would pronounce it 'a-THEE-na' when the Greek pronounciation is 'athin-A'. The first pronounciation (in Greek) is used for the name of the city.

This may or may not bother you and if it doesn't then I say don't hold back - even if you don't have Greek roots.

FWIW in Greece you'll meet people young and old with this name. It's not rare but also not overly popular.

Love it, very pretty 😀

I prefer Athene personally.

It's a beautiful name.

My fav shop as a teenager! Not my taste as I stumble when I say it, but nothing wrong with it v

I love it but was put off by the lack of shortenings.

Makes me think of the poster shop but obviously that will mean nothing to her generation. I prefer Ariadne or Althea.

I cannot decide between Athena or Sophia. What do people think

I don't like Thea at all, and I'm not that keen on Anthea.

Oops I meant Athena

So Sophia better than Athena? My worry about Sophia is how common it is

There were a few years when it seemed that every baby girl was Sophia/Sofia.

I like it, I’ve never heard of the shop and I’m early 30s

Nice but a little bit too aware of itself.

I met a baby called Athena! So gorgeous. Its different but not hard to say and its sounds beautiful. Great meaning too!

Quite pretentious and (imho) more suited to a cat. But there’s nothing offensive about it and sounds pretty enough so it’s not completely unuseable on a little person.

The poster shop went into administration in the mid-90s, so the poster in her 30s wouldn't be likely to remember it.

The posters that you might remember are the tennis one and the man holding a baby one.
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2015/jul/01/athenas-best-posters-not-just-tennis-girl-and-muscle-man-in-pictures