Persephone

[Vivadita]

Is it a bit pretentious? Would the Greek mythology put you off?

Expecting DD2 soon and DH likes Persephone but Im worried it’s got negative connotations. DD1 is Eleanor

I love it. But because of a book I read as a teenager called noughts and crosses

I vaguely know an adult one but everyone knows them as Percy.

Be prepared for it to be pronounced Percy-phone...

It's so lovely, some people will struggle with how to say it to start with though.

I met an adult Persephone recently; she goes by Seph which I think is lovely. I saw her name on a meeting invitation before I met her and the mythological background didn't spring to mind.

Yes, pretentious imo.No, it's not the mythology putting me off. I love Eleanor and think Persephone is horrible compared to such a pretty name.Sorry.

I love the sound of it and i love the shortening to percy (id spell it perci because im pretentious) however i really don't like the way it looks written down.

Saying that if i were to ever have a little girl again (i wont cos im old!) She would be called Persephone.

Love persephone but vetoed by DP for DD.

Love it.
Was considering to name my baby Athena before I found out it’s a boy . I also love Calliope and Ariadne.

I love the name but like PP I loved Naughts & Crosses when younger. It’s also a name that you may start hearing more often as the book has been made into a tv series.

@Newmum102 has it?!??!!!

I think it’s a beautiful name. I wouldn’t be put off by people thinking it’s “pretentious”. The mythological reference is wonderful - it’s interesting.

I have a less common name and although I used a funkier version when I was a teenager, I’ve reverted back now and I love it.

I never know what causes people to judge a name as pretentious, as if anyone who chooses anything other than the usual well-used names thinks they are something special and above their station. It’s just a bloody name!

Go for it if you like it.

I don’t dislike it but I only recently discovered I was saying it wrong so it’s likely others as ignorant as me will do the same.

It has lots of nickname potential which is nice for the child as they get older. Seph / Sephie / Penny / Fi etc

If you want to name her after the goddess, Cora is a better name as it’s a bit more useable in RL. Persephone will definitely be shortened to something you don’t like.

Yeah I’m pretty sure it’s due to be on the BBC in the Autumn

The mythology would definitely put me off. Trapped for eternity in an abusive relationship- who wants that for their daughter?

Oh fab! I'll be watching out for that.
In the book she shortens it to Sephy so I would probably do the same. If I could get DH onboard id have a Persephone

I love this name, if we had had a second dd this would have been her name. But it is a wee bit pretentious, not that I care.

I might think it was a little pretentious but I wouldn't think it in a waspish way, more an amused way. Then I'd get over myself. I'd be lying if I said I knew what fate befell mythological Persephone but I'm assuming it's dark. Oh the Greeks

But if it's the name you love you should absolutely go for it.

I much prefer Seph of Sephy as a nickname than Percy. Percy is awful.

I know one, tends to go by Persie. It's a lovely, if slightly unusual, name - nothing wrong with it at all though.

I really like it and like the nn Sephy

The one I know is known as Sephy.
I like it.

I have no idea how to pronounce it?

purr-seff-uh-nee

It's always been top of my list if I had a girl. Go for it