Padro for a girl?

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DawnieOwl · 23/10/2023 21:17

This is a slightly unconventional name but im a big fan and I think it is very cool and also unisex. Thoughts?

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KnickerlessParsons · 27/10/2023 00:02

Pocodaku · 24/10/2023 01:24

I like a lot of ‘o’ ending female names like Callisto, and don’t mind unisex names in principle. But Padro is harsh-sounding to my ear and too much like Pedro.

It's Callista.

nameXname · 27/10/2023 11:29

Callisto - ending in 'o', like several other Greek female names eg Hero, Calypso, Myrto - is a name from ancient Greek myth:
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Callisto-Greek-mythology

Callista is a later, Latin, name, based on the ancient Greek word for beautiful. It's the female version of the Latin male name Callistus (also spelled Calixtus), incidentally the name of three popes.
https://www.behindthename.com/name/callistus

Callisto | Nymph, Jupiter, Arcadia

Callisto, in Greek mythology, a nymph, or else a daughter of either Lycaon of Arcadia or of Nycteus or Ceteus. Callisto was one of the goddess Artemis’ huntress companions and swore to remain unwed. But she was loved by Zeus and, in several variations...

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Callisto-Greek-mythology

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