Electra

[cornfleurbleu]

...too much for a first name?

I like it

I love it.

Brave. But fabulous

It's awful and I immediately think of The Electra Complex.

It's kind of a Vegas showgirl/stripper name.

What about Allegra? Similar but a bit less...be-tasselled.

Stripper.

Exotic dancer

It's a little "out there" for me (I chose pretty plain names for my DC), but each to their own!

Like a PP, I also think of the Electra complex, which is gross, thanks Freud. Also, Electra, boss battle in Streets of Rage 2 showing my age there though, won't be a problem for her I'm sure.

.. yeah perhaps a middle name then. Thanks all ♡

A very good stripper though.

It sounds like an energy company to me, sorry.

Electra complex was first thought for me too. I wouldn't.

A sister for Oedipus

Unfortunate associations. Or are you unaware of Classical mythology?

@CryptoFascist

A sister for Oedipus

😂🙈

I knew a Greek woman called Ilektra. I think that is a great name

If classical mythology is to be our guiding principle when it comes to choosing baby names I guess we should all put the kibosh on Helen. etc. 🤔

OP I prefer Allegra and even that I'm not a fan of (just me though I'm pretty dull and love Jane and Louise atm however I did go through a stage of liking Clementine a lot so I know how it feels to be stuck on an unusual name)

How about:
Phoebe
Elena
Persephone
Ariadne
Esther
Seren
Lucy
Suzanne
Alyssa

I like it but it is a bit too out there for me.
Athena
Sylvia
Diana
Rosalind
Leona
Mary
Sophie
Liora
Harriet
Genevieve
Saffron
Louisa
Ottilie
Ophelia
Marie
Rosanna
Edna
Philippa
Juliet

I think it's worse as a middle name TBH unless it's a family name. Freud talked absolute rubbish.

I can’t think of any reference other than Greek tragedy. Wasn’t she vengeful? Not a positive association - amazing that several thousand years later a use of that name in myth would still make me think that. And all the others who spring to mind. Isn’t it with a k anyway ? Can’t believe now I’m questioning a new spelling !

Mother to Agamemnon - not so shabby. But doesn’t undo everything else.

Yes indeed I could never call a child Helen.

I like it.

You will have to be prepared for her to end up as yet another Ellie though

I met an Eletta - spelling might be off. I like it.

Definitely a stripper name. If you have to be "brave" to use a name, why would you lumber your poor child with it?!

Absolutely fabulous name.

And none of her peers will be thinking of either Greek myth or Freud.