Bracing myself... Hero?

[Auxence]

For a girl. Tell me your honest thoughts please, I am bracing myself!

I really really dislike it. Only barely scrapes through as a 'real' name and is masculine.

Honor?

I love it. There's a Hero in my sons class (boy) but I think it works well with either sex.

Love it for a girl. LOVE it.

I absolutely love this name for a girl, but then I'm a huge fan of Shakespeare's plays, and immediately thought of Much Ado.

I'd think you were on Teen Mom UK.

I have no doubt that the vast majority of people will just think super hero rather than Ancient Greece or Much Ado.

I feel like it's a name that could be a bit bothersome. Drunken bores crooning all the songs with 'hero' in the title etc. It's just a bit much for me.

Truly awful.

Appreciate all the opinions! It seems to be very Marmite. I’ve always loved it, ever once we studied Much Ado at school many moons ago, but I can imagine the reactions of some of my friends and family

If you are going to name uour daughter after a character from Much Ado About Nothing wouldn't Beatrice be a better choice? Hero (the character) is a bit insipid... Hero the goddess isn't actually very inspiring either ...

Beatrice is definitely the better character but I’m just not such a fan of the name. I do like Beatrix though!

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I’ve always liked it but just couldn’t be bothered with all the comments you know are going to come. Can you? I love Santa too but same reasons

I like Nan

I like Hero but agree it is likely to invite comments forever if you choose it.

It’s not the worst name ever, but I’d hate to be called Hero.

I like it a lot. Greek myths is what I think of first. And then Shakespeare. I think it’s fab. But...would I use it in real life? Not sure. It’s clear a lot of people just won’t know it’s a real female name with a long pedigree.

If your reasoning is the Shakespeare reference then the character matters. If your reason is the goddess, then the goddess matters. Hero the Shakespeare character is lovelorn, shy, quiet, the standard obedient rather bland woman of Shakespeare's time. The goddess Hero is also only really known for the fact she was essentially tricked into sleeping with a man and killed herself when he died.

What about Artemis if you want a less used goddess name?

Cordelia, Rosalind, Viola and Portia are great female Shakespearean charachters if you don't like the name Beatrice.

@Auxence Love it!!!! I had Hera on our list! But husband said no!! X

Hero no
Hera yes

Hera is a different goddess though, and has slightly more to her despite marrying her brother after he raped her, and having a fairly unhappy story than Hero.

I knew a girl a Hero at school. She was lovely. Very ordinary comprehensive, 1990s.

Love it!

I LOVE it. DD goes to school with a Hero.

Like it.. for a boy though

So much pesky incest and suicide in Greek mythology. They could have given a thought to people trying to use the pretty names 3000 years later.

Hero is a perfectly acceptable girls name here in Cyprus, maybe not so much in bognor Regis :)

And if you later have a son you could call him Leander; he may even turn out to be good at swimming!

I think Much Ado by Shakespeare. She was a wet drip.