Calliope

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I think it is so pretty but I'm not sure if it is too unusual and would maybe cause pronunciation problems/ teasing.

What do you think?

I thought of melons too ...... and I think it is a hard one to pronounce.

I'd say Cal-ee-oh-pay.

Maybe it's a no no then- shame because it is a beautiful name!

How about Karaoke? It's a bit edgier.

I prefer Callista.

reminds me of horses (galloping)

I think its nice - like onebatmother I also loved Calypso, which was roundly denounced by everyone!

lol @ BitofFun.

I prefer Calypso, or Cassiopeia. OTOH Calypso sounds a bit Caribbean.

Calliope might grow on me, I suppose.

Oh I was just watching CSI NY this afternoon (hiding from the DCs in my room!) and there was a character named this on there. I like it, but I have a soft spot for Greek names.

I think it's a lovely name

Not keen

Never heard of it as a name before, first thought was it reads like something I'd see on a menu, not sure why. Sorry, wouldn't want to go through life with that as a name.

Cappuccino is nice

Its Cal-eye-oh-pay. Callie for short.

Love it.

Just trying to be honest - surely this is a thread asking for honest opinions of names? I have genuinely never heard of the name or seen the word written before so I gave my first reaction to it. But that's not a reason not to use it, if you like it then do it! And Callie is a very cute nn IMO.

It's a cheap clothes shop in Italy pronounced Cal-lee-o-peh, doesn't sound like a name to me...

It's nice, but it's definitely Call-eye-oh-pe. Same sort of pronunciation as Hermione.

Hmm I'd be more worried about the mythological references
Calliope mother of Orpheus plus being bit hard to live up the "wisest muse"

But for the record I had a pony called CAlliope
And without fail most read it as Callie Ope
Which made it sound so much less beautiful

It is a lovely name but I am sure it would get shortened to Callie which is also lovely

I love it, and the shortening to Callie is lovely. It probably will get mispronounced a bit so it depends how much that bothers you really.

Ha Lemon, I was just going to say that is the name of the Royal Naval Reserves in Gateshead.

I actually quite like the name. I love Callie / Cally for short.

it's the name of the character in middlesex - very long novel that I once read at a book club. sad story really about a person born who was not sure of their gender - raised as a girl but in later life decided to go forward as a man caling himself Cal.

Cassiopeia is just beautiful, also quite like
Andromeda, we've gone a bit clash of the titans at our house at the mo