Electra

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...too much for a first name?

I like it

Absolutely love it but it doesn't seem like an easy name to 'wear' tbh.

I think of Carmen Electra when I hear it.

Knew an Italian called Eletra so very similar. She was lovely but very fiery

I've got a classics degree and no way would I do it. Electra was not a very nice person. You could completely understand her anger towards her mother but still ... it wasn't nice.

Electra was a boss lady! I love Electra (classics teacher) and tried very hard to persuade DH but he was having none of it. I blame a non classical education for his reticence

She was strong and got what she wanted…ok she may have murdered her mother but it was only as revenge for killing Agamemnon. And tbh she planned it and then made her brother do it anyway. And on that note I like Clytemnestra as a name too but even I thought that was a step too far.

She did totally rule though (literally and figuratively ) and with the exception of the whole husband murder was pretty cool.

The immediate imagery is Carmen Electra or a bit Vegas exotic dancer.
I do like Allegra like pp's have said?

Electra complex has nothing to do with Freud Carl Jung's theory, and not even a respected or well known one.

I like it a lot, we considered it and decided we may use it as a middle name. Yes it has unfortunate classical connections but so do almost all Greek/Roman mythology names, they all meet sticky ends. I don’t think it’s a stripper name any more than eg Allegra. But it’s unusual so you’re always going to get strong responses on MN.

I know a family with four daughters all with classical names and Electra is one, it sounds awesome with the others.

I actually love it.

I might assume you were Greek. I don't understand the link to strippers. Is there a stripper called Electra on a tv show or something?

Defo Daddy complex there!