Ancient Greek/Mythology Names

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I love Hermione but I really don’t want to use it due to the Harry Potter connotation. I am of the superfan HP peak generation and don’t want be asked ‘ohhh like Granger?’ …however a lovely namesake it is. I also was immediately put off when JK said she decided on Hermione because she believed her parents would want to show off how clever they are with the Greek/Shakespeare name.

Anything similarly melodic and of the same vibe that you could recommend? Can’t use Persephone or Penelope.

My favourite Greek name is Nefeli, the cloud nymph.

I also really like Ariadne, Artemis, Selena and Phaedra.

Not Greek but Roman, but I like it - Tulia

Phoebe

Hermia? Like in A Midsummer Night's Dream?
Cordelia?
Portia
Leonine
Miranda
Silvia
Valeria

I also love Calypso.

Eris is goddess of discord, Cassandra fated always to speak the truth but never believed, Jocasta married her son and killed herself, Antigone product of their incest also killed herself, Clytemnestra....well! Most of these women were raped and/ or turned into something. Are there other mythologies where women fare better? Norse? Celtic?

I love Artemis, Juno and Ariadne and was also toying with Callisto/Callista for DD3. Or maybe Cassandra, Cordelia or Miranda for something more mainstream but still Hermione-esque.

Doubt it.

Some beautiful names in Greek mythology but so many pesky incest stories. Myrrha is a lovely name but she shagged her dad and then turned into a tree, so a suboptimal 'let's talk about where our names come from' opportunity there.

Antigone nn Tiggy
Euphemia nn Effie
Iphigenia

DD is Juno, which I (biased, of course) think is both elegant and cute. Some other ideas ..

Diana
Phoebe
Clio
Cressida (not a great character though)
Leda

Calliope
Callista

I'm bias as I have a Callie

I know an Andromeda.

Medusa. Means Protector. Although I accept it has little else going for it.

Hebe's pretty and as the myths go, one of the less dodgy*. However a lot of people don't know about the cup-bearer bit and just assume garden shrub.

• AFAIR. I might be very wrong.

I like Andromeda, Juno, Hera, but I absolutely adore Minera!

I love Ianthe (usually pronounced ee- an- thee , although you may get eye-an-thee too). Like Hermione it has both Greek mythological (she was a Oceanid) and literary links (used by several poets/writers including Shelley in Queen Mab, who also named his daughter it).

I love Calypso, it always makes me think of the Suzanne Vega song ♥️

Mary Wesley novels for me.

I loved Calypso in The Camomile Lawn.

That's the hardest challenge anyone has ever posed. Not many names have the rhythm of Hermione. Penelope and Persephone you've ruled out. Nothing beginning with El. And on top of all that, you don't want it to sound too Greek.

Mnemosyne
Ourania
Polymnia

I may have failed on the "not too Greek" point.

@SeanChailleach

That's the hardest challenge anyone has ever posed. Not many names have the rhythm of Hermione. Penelope and Persephone you've ruled out. Nothing beginning with El. And on top of all that, you don't want it to sound too Greek.

Mnemosyne
Ourania
Polymnia

I may have failed on the "not too Greek" point.

I never said anything about it sounding too Greek!

Oh I love Juno as well!

@Travelbug7

This is btringing me back to my Xena Warrior Princess days! Any other fans on this thread?

Me!!! Absolutely besotted in childhood- I now have a diploma in Greek mythology due to my obsession 😂

I love Atalanta and Callista. Lanta or Callie are nice shortenings.
Andromeda is quite nice but I always visualise a camel.

I had a great-aunt Clytemnestra.

I like Boccaccio's On Famous Women as a good source of girls' names. DD has one of the less usual ones, but there are plenty to choose from, each with an interesting story.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Mulieribus_Claris