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Opinions on Athena

41 replies

ThomasinaLivesHere · 08/05/2023 20:57

I’ve seen it suggested here but there doesn’t seem to be a thread on this name. What do people think about it?

I’m not sure if it’s too out there for me but I recently started to like it. I see it’s growing in popularity but still outside top 100. Not that that bothers me much.

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Ilovedthe70s · 09/05/2023 11:24

The one I know has always been known as Tina, her choice.

GeraltsBathtub · 09/05/2023 11:26

I like the meaning but not the sound. Minerva is nicer.

17caterpillars1mouse · 09/05/2023 11:33

I quite like it, it seems quite a mature nane, but thats not a bad thing, better than a lot of the overly twee, best suited to a toddler names that are about at the moment

SquigglePigs · 09/05/2023 11:38

I really like it.

TheIsleOfTheLost · 09/05/2023 12:04

I like it. The poster shop went bust in 1995, so not an association anyone born now would know. Artemis is good too.

RhymingGuitars · 09/05/2023 12:14

Like others I automatically think of the poster shop.

I prefer Athene, Althea, Artemis or Minerva to Athena, but it's still a nice name.

itsserendipity · 09/05/2023 12:15

Love it 🥰

WordOfTheDay · 11/05/2023 03:24

As the first respondent said, it's an awful lot to live up to.

Elspethelf · 15/05/2023 06:11

Love it! But I did name my son after a Roman god :)

FloweryGardener · 15/05/2023 08:45

Poster shop.
I prefer Xanthe.

MrsSamR · 15/05/2023 08:56

I like it. In a similar vein there is a little girl at my DD's nursery called Artemis which I also love!

coffeecupsandwaxmelts · 15/05/2023 08:58

I had a cat called Athena

I wouldn't use it on a child, sorry.

SquarePegInRoundHole · 15/05/2023 09:01

I think of the poster shop (RIP 😢) but I'm ancient.

Not keen on it anyway but who cares if other people like it if you do.

SemperIdem · 15/05/2023 09:36

I like it. I was at school with one so it does r seem particularly out there.

SemperIdem · 15/05/2023 09:36

^doesn’t

Namechange828492 · 15/05/2023 09:39

I love it, (i don't get the poster shop reference) actually considered it for DD

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