Athena or Venessa?

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I love both - Slight away towards Athena because of the Venessa in Gavin and Stacey

Which do you like best?

I love Athena! Of course you don’t have to be Greek to use it, ridiculous 🙄

Athena is posters. Vanessa is v dated and NN Nessa sounds like Loch Ness Monster. Sorry.

I love Vanessa, but then I have two close friends called and a good acquaintance.
Athena, as PP have said reminds me of the poster shop and, to me, is a bit "trying too hard".
But then, I'm a fairly traditional girl

I love the name Athena. I don't like Vanessa - sounds quite dated to me.

Love Vanessa, nn Nessa. Hear it loads here in Wales.

"Oh!...What's occurrin'?"

OP, Vanessa is quite nice, but Athena is unusual, strong due to 'wisdom and courage' Goddess link, so gets my vote.

Athena is a lovely name. Although she was a really shitty god towards women and only ever helped men out.

Vanessa

Vanessa. Athena is 80s posters to me. I've always loved Vanessa for some reason and I reckon it's due a comeback.

Vanessa. nn Ness.
Athena is nice too,

Not keen on either.

How about Venetia? You don’t hear that very often these days and it’s a bit more elegant than Vanessa.

Vanessa is lovely, imho. I haven't met a Vanessa for years, and I think most people think of Ness or Nessa being G&S, not Vanessa...

Athena, to me, sounds pretentious and try hard if you don't have a family/cultural reason for using it...

I prefer Athena. I don’t mind Vanessa (I also know a Venissa) but it’s a name I associate with an older age group (I don’t know why, as DS has a Vanessa in her class!).

Athena. There’s one in my DD’s class and I love it every time I hear it.