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Cypriot / English baby

45 replies

Hels3000 · 19/01/2026 18:02

I am Greek Cypriot and my partner is English. Trying to test the waters with my fave names, we are based in London.

any thought on the below?

Xanthe
Athene
Olympia
Artemis
Delphi
Celeste
Xenia
Juno

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mrstambourinewoman · 19/01/2026 18:06

Ah love these, especially Xanthe, Juno , Celeste and Delphi

GoldenRosebee · 19/01/2026 18:06

Love Olympia, Artemis, Delphi

Hels3000 · 19/01/2026 21:17

mrstambourinewoman · 19/01/2026 18:06

Ah love these, especially Xanthe, Juno , Celeste and Delphi

Thank you! I’m glad :) :) I wish I could have them all!

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Hels3000 · 19/01/2026 21:18

GoldenRosebee · 19/01/2026 18:06

Love Olympia, Artemis, Delphi

Thank you!! Probs my top 3

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HarvestMouseandGoldenCups · 19/01/2026 21:27

All would be fine. Xenia and Xanthe may confuse some.

HarvestMouseandGoldenCups · 19/01/2026 21:27

Delphi is my personal favourite

LiquoriceAllsorts2 · 19/01/2026 22:02

Love Xanthe and Olympia is also pretty good

CarrieMoonbeams · 19/01/2026 22:05

Artemis is my favourite. You have a list of great names to choose from though OP!

NorthernDancer · 19/01/2026 22:14

Artemis is lovely, but it is the name of the new moonshot, if that makes a difference.

CrostaDiPizza · 19/01/2026 22:22

How fussy are you about pronunciation?
I'd say them as:
Xanthe - ZAN-thy
Athene - AthEEny
Olympia - Ol-IMP-ya
Artemis - ART-um-is
Delphi - DEL-phy
Celeste - Cil-EST
Xenia - ZEEN-ya
Juno - JOON-o

but I might not be getting all of them right.

Giraffehaver · 19/01/2026 22:29

These are all truly beautiful names. Nicest list I've read for a long time. My personal favourite is Xenia

Pettenell · 20/01/2026 04:23

A great list! My favourites are Xanthe, Olympia, Celeste and Juno.

Sugarpie9 · 20/01/2026 06:18

Delphi is beautiful

RonnSeall · 20/01/2026 07:37

They are all really lovely names and I’d use any of them.

if I had to choose a favourite it would be Delphi.

BertieWoostersChaps · 20/01/2026 08:00

They are all lovely names. Love Xanthe and Athene.

Hels3000 · 20/01/2026 08:13

CrostaDiPizza · 19/01/2026 22:22

How fussy are you about pronunciation?
I'd say them as:
Xanthe - ZAN-thy
Athene - AthEEny
Olympia - Ol-IMP-ya
Artemis - ART-um-is
Delphi - DEL-phy
Celeste - Cil-EST
Xenia - ZEEN-ya
Juno - JOON-o

but I might not be getting all of them right.

This is actually how I would pronounce all of them! Apart form Xenia which I would pronounce Zen-ee-ya

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Hels3000 · 20/01/2026 08:16

Giraffehaver · 19/01/2026 22:29

These are all truly beautiful names. Nicest list I've read for a long time. My personal favourite is Xenia

Oh wow thank you! I honestly thought I’d get pretty bad reactions to most of them. This is great news, thanks :)

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Hels3000 · 20/01/2026 08:17

RonnSeall · 20/01/2026 07:37

They are all really lovely names and I’d use any of them.

if I had to choose a favourite it would be Delphi.

Thank you! It’s such a beautiful name isn’t it

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geoger · 20/01/2026 08:34

Beautiful names! Love Juno, Artemis and Xanthe.
Isn’t Xenia short for Polyxeni?

CrostaDiPizza · 20/01/2026 10:13

@Hels3000 , Thanks. I think a lot of people would say Athene as Ath-een. (Irene tends to be Eye-REEN).
Some people will say X- as 'ex'.

The online translator thingy says Xenia as kSEN-ya, Xanthe as kSAN-thee,and Olympia as Ol-imp-EE-ah. (I've used uppercase for the stressed syllable cf CROS-ta, Mar-EE-ah).

I was curious about a name's pronunciation, I'd try the online translator first and might get it wrong

LadyDanburysHat · 20/01/2026 10:52

Love most of them. Really pretty names.

Moreteaandchocolate · 21/01/2026 13:50

Delphi is my favourite- lovely name

Proseccoagain · 21/01/2026 14:10

Athene is my favourite, naybe Athena?

CrostaDiPizza · 21/01/2026 14:18

Adelphi Theatre or Adelphi Hotel

Hels3000 · 21/01/2026 18:01

LadyDanburysHat · 20/01/2026 10:52

Love most of them. Really pretty names.

Thank you!

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