Does anyone else like Hero for a girl?

[maddymellow]

I love it, DH just did this

Obviously I can’t use it but does anyone else like Hero as a girls’ name or is it objectively awful?

In a country where people have called their child things like Chardonnay and Khaleesi, Hero seems positively ordinary.

Sorry, I think it’s going to be hard for the average girl to pull off! Suki is nice but I did go to school with one and she wasn’t very popular and she was nicknamed Sucky. Kids are so lovely!

How about Honor?

I also like Susanna(h) with Suki for short but he hates Suki too

How are you getting Suki from Susannah? Where does the letter k come in?

Sukanna

Suki is an established nickname for Susanna... at least, I thought it was. Doubting myself now!

Love Cleo, but he says it sounds like a cats name.

! Cleo is pretty. Clara also?

I read a lot of my mum's Georgette Heyer's books (Romance novels set in the Regency period) and the heroines all had suitably romantic names including one called Hero. I was tempted at the time (1980 age 12) but then I actually had kids and realised how my 12 yr old fantasy names may not play so well for my child in the real world. Still quite like Hero but it does feel a tad try hard/statement name/conceited that could be hard to pull off. You don't want your child to have a name that builds them up so much that people are disappointed when they meet them. It's like being called Chastity or Thor, it's a lot to live up to!

No

No

Yes, Suki/e is a very traditional nn for Susannah. I love it.

I also love Hero, although I find the story of Hero and Leander a bit off-puttingly depressing.

Yes, Suki/e is a very traditional nn for Susannah.

Well, what do you know - just googled it and you’re right.

But Poosan and Subo are also nicknames for Susannah ...

I think Hero is a lot to live up to. Hera however is lovely

No sorry love Hera more if necessary despite the connotations being potentially more arrogant x

I’m a thesp so I love it

Sounds like a dog food

Love it

Hera was a massive arse tho.

Imagine a day in your life where you meet new people professionally and are called Hero. There’s your answer.

We have very good associations with Cleo. The one we know is a super girl. I’d go for that

@theotherfossilsister

Someone else's suggestion of Calypso is lovely.

It was me. I suggest it on every name thread. I’ve never met one. It was in a Mary Wesley book and I love it.

I think a lot of it depends on how posh you are, tbh. If I was living on Sloane Square I'd probably use Hero. As I'm living on an ex council estate in North Yorkshire, I didn't!

Ick- give kids proper names that won't make future employers think ! Tacky in the extreme - if an odd name is liked, use it as a middle name at least

I'm so entertained by how mad people are about Hero.

I'm tempted to conceive a child just in order to name her Hero now.

I can't work out why I hate it so much. I think I'd actually prefer Khaleesi.

I'm so entertained by how mad people are about Hero

I know, it’s cracking me up.

People saying it’s tacky, masculine, not a ‘proper’ name - it’s an establish woman’s name that probably predates a lot of the ‘classic’ names that are suggested on here.

I actually love it more after this thread but DH will never, ever agree so I’ll have to earmark it for a future pet or pot plant or something!