Calliope

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I see this name mentioned here a lot in suggestions but how would it be pronounced in The Uk? Our family is mixed Greek and British so I know how it's pronounced in Greek but am interested how it would be said in places like school amongst English speakers etc.

We are struggling for baby girl names that work in both English and Greek so any suggestions would be most welcome! Big brother is Theodore. Thanks!

I pronounce it Cal - eye - o - pee. Friend had this name and pronounced it like that

Cal-EYE-o-pee

As above. Heard it first on greys anatomy and that’s how she pronounced it

Cal eye o pee

What they said. I really love it, but I am a big Greys Anatomy fan!

Thanks for the replies! Are we saying Oh as in Oh my God or O as in Ch-O-colate. Guess I need to go and watch Grays!

Another Grey's Anatomy fan here - what they all said. Lovely name.

Looks like a melon...

Cal -ee-oh-pee. I teach a child called this, and that's how she pronounces her name. She gets called Calli by her friends.

Oh as in Oh my goodness.

I really like it as a name.

@Greenandcabbagelooking that's more how it would be pronounced in Greek, with the emphasis on the Oh (but more of an O as in chocolate) so Cal -ee- O-pee this is what I worry about as it's totally different to how others are saying it.

Either way it is a fabulous name!

Cal-ee-oh-pee

I knew someone with this name and I never ever managed to get my head round it. Just doesn’t seem like a name to me.

It reminds me of Talliho. Unless you’re upper upper class it’s just being something you ain’t, sorry

Cally oh pey- but then my DC are half Greek so I probably pronounce it the Greek way. I prefer Callista for a calli name. Was my other choice with both dc, regret never using it and niether dc ended up with Greek names

It sounds like a fruit

It sounds like a fruit

That's a cantaloupe!

OP, I like Calliope, but everyone's going to pronounce it like the Grey's Anatomy character.

I'm glad this has came up as ds1 was going to join the Navy and had to go to HMS Calliope and we were never sure how to pronounce it but it seems we've been saying it correctly.

I've only ever seen it written down but I would guess at cally-oh-pee.

Reminds me of caliper. When I was younger, I knew a girl who'd had polio and wore one.

Sounds like an illness or medicine.

Yep would be pronounced like on greys! Probably with Cally for short?