Hero for a girl?

[PoppyC]

Thinking of naming my upcoming DD Hero, but am worried she will resent having an unusual name.

I love it- it's Greek but I first became aware of it through reading Shakespeare's much ado about nothing.

I also like the feminist implications of naming her Hero- like she could achieve anything.

I also love the name Ophelia (Hamlet) as I think it is very pretty but don't like naming her after a character that goes mad and drowns herself.

What do you think of Hero (or Ophelia?)?? Help would be muchly appreciated- friends and family too polite to be of much proper help!

Love Hero. Was shot down by DH.
Go for it!

Hero is great.

A bit out there tho. Also a lot to live up to?

I do like it tho (despite Shakespeare's Hero being a bit of a wet fish imo).

I like a nice fesity name. DD has an old English name that I always think of as a bit warlike rather than pretty pretty (no it's not Boudicca!)

What's yr surname OP? Hero is a bit of a tricky name with some (like mine for instance

feisty name sorry been typing too much tonight....

hero is trying too hard.all about you.trouble with qualities ascribing names is they are hard to live up to

what if hero is quiet and reflective.not heroic at all

piss take of a name.imagine calling "come on hero, time for tea"

naw

Same reason as the other current post with Cordelia, I couldn't name a child Ophelia - just too superstitious!

But Hero is lovely!

No, no, no! Pretentious!

To get away with a name like that she needs to be athletic, slim, beautiful etc. Can you imagine the stick she would get at secondary school if she was overweight and shortsighted with a name like that?

2old4thislark- i see what you're saying, but isn't it a little ridiculous to not name a child something on the off-chance she might go through an awkward phase in teenagerdom?

I love it.

Yes it's unusual, but people get used to unusual names pretty quickly once they actually know someone with the name IME.

appalling name for a boy, even worse for a girl.
Sorry

unusual names usually=trying too hard/bad spelling/pretentious

give it a rest

I agree it brings to mind "I need a hero, I'm holding out for a hero till the end of the niiiiight..."

Not being aware of the Shakespeare character or Greek character or whoever else she might be named for, I would just think it was a weird adjective-y name that the giver hoped would automatically lead to the person becoming heroic.

Oh, and it also reminds me of those Heroes chocolates.

Actually, I can imagine DH singing that song to me in the 36th hour of labour. As a funny joke.

And then me punching him in the face!

I think Beatrice is the more interesting character in that play, and an easier name to live with!

My family have a tradition of using shakesperean names so I have considered it in the past but I think a Hero would just get teased too much, sorry.

Prefer Hera (Roman Juno). This is a gyro ('hero').

I know a little Hero, everyone thinks she must be Hera or else must be a boy, so expect a lot of confusion and explaining

I know a little Hero, everyone thinks she must be Hera or else must be a boy, so expect a lot of confusion and explaining

I think when people name children they should remember that secondary school children, in particular, can be very mean. I met a girl called 'Beauty' and unfortunately she wasn't........

I would think Hero was a boy - but love Hera.

Truly awful. She will probably change it to Jane by deed poll as soon as she can. DON'T DO IT!

Is it not a brand of dog food?

Hera is very nice, has the feminist credentials as it's a goddess name. I have considered using it myself.

Hero is way too much to live up to and I agree that she would need to be a certain type of person to carry it off and that's a risk if it doesn't suit her. It also sounds very masculine.

Ophelia is nice.

Only if your surname is Oppenheimer or Goldsmith and you have a stately home.

hmm. i'm sure shakespeare used hero as a euphemism. as in 'her o' - meaning intimate lady things.

I think Hero's a great name for a girl! A little to out there for me to ever personally use, but wouldn't think twice about someone else using it.

I grew up with an unheard of name, and did get some stick as a kid. But I've always really liked having an unusual name, and the peasant taunters knew nothing, it's now becoming quite popular.