Greek gods and goddesses

[Alyssum34456]

I love makes like Hera, Hestia, Dementria for girls. Any other strong but not overused Greek girls names?

I'm also struggling to think of middle names and whether they would sound silly if a completely different type of name e.g. Felicity, Florence

Names not makes!

Athena
Iris
Harmonia
Eirene
Hermione

I would go for a fairly short or plain middle name with most of these, because the Greek names are quite long and complicated. Something monosyllabic like Grace, Fleur, Eve, Pearl.

Athena
Clio
Thalia
Hebe
Artemis
Calliope

What about for first name Hera as that's quite short?

I’ve always liked Daphne.
Thetis?

All these ideas are lovely but please not Dementria as it will just make people think of dementia.

Artemis

Caliope
Hebe
Iris
Persephone
Rhea
Selene
Thalia

Dementria? Surely you mean Demetria?

Hera is nice and will go with plenty of middle names.

Yes Demetria definitely not dementria!

I suppose my only worries are that the characters are a bit hit and miss and although many would argue Hera is a powerful woman, she is also shown to be quite spiteful and cruel.

Do you think this matters and if so which name would be best?

No one else will care about the ins and outs of the characters it's more about whether you do

Hera Caroline
Hera Hermione
Hera Helen
Hera Daphne
Hera Persephone
Hera Phoebe
Hera Jasmine
Hera Evangeline
Hera Natalia
Most longer names seem to flow with Hera. Depends on your surname which are best

Most gods and goddesses had their mean streaks — they were so quixotic— nice to favourites but if you crossed them they were mean. Same for Norse gods as well as Greek & Roman

What’s the first name going to be?

Not all goddesses but great Greek names:
Circe
Xanthe
Hero
Juno
Ariadne
Athena
Iphigenia (shame about the back story)
Electra
Cassandra
Phaedra

Not a goddess, but I've always liked the name Niobe.

Her story is pretty tragic though, if that bothers you?

Iris (although getting more popular)
Dione
Irene / Eirene
Gaia
Astraea
Althea (not a goddess, but nice name with a mythological connection)

Well I spent a chunk of my marriage praying to be like Rachel, who let's face it was a hard faced oppressed cow who pimped out her servant as a surrogate, taking her children, and who manipulated everyone in sight starting with flashing Jacob at the well. So the characters of the goddesses aren't too bad really.

Appollonia?
Rhea. And then you're also honouring Rhea Perlman who is fabulous.

I don't think it was Rachel who had the power in that relationship with Jacob. She was unable to have children for many many years - who knows how many miscarriages that the Bible doesn't mention - and Jacob had already been tricked into marrying her sister Leah and seemed more than happy to sleep with the maidservants to have more offspring. She was in a rubbish situation until she had Joseph, and then died in childbirth having Benjamin. Rachel /=/ Serena Joy Waterford.

DD has a Theano in her class at school. Nice name I thought. Not exactly a godesses name I think though.

Not goddess names but Helene (with the inflections) or Thea?

Helen
Athene
Cassandra
Persephone
Penelope
Calliope
Europa
Eugenia
Phoebe
Leda
Artemis
Gaia
Rhea
Hebe
Hermione
Medea
Hippolyta
Selene
Iphigenia
Andromache
Ariadne
Dionysia

I think a different kind of name for a mn is actually a good idea - makes it seem less themed.

Arian
Electra
Pheadra (sorry Peaches, it's a girl's name)

They're not goddesses but they're all Greek mythological characters and lovely names.

Ariana (not Arian)