Electra

susieandmarty · May 2013

My husband adores this name. At first I thought he was kidding, buthe won't let it go. It is not really my style but maybe as a middle. Not pg but having fun wishing i was. What do you think?

We are not Greek, we are Jewish so I feel like it us totally out of left field.

Helenahhandbasket · May 2013

I think it sounds like a great name for an American Gladiator. Sorry!

klyann · May 2013

It sounds like a stripper name to me.

salt78 · May 2013

NO.

susieandmarty · May 2013

i am with you. it is not my taste at all. part of me still thinks he is messing with me. He told me that if Electra was a middle name, I could choose any first name i wanted.

victoria+james · May 2013

MelRC117:
susieandmarty:
i am with you. it is not my taste at all. part of me still thinks he is messing with me. He told me that if Electra was a middle name, I could choose any first name i wanted.
Why is he so stuck on it?

This is my question too. And as long as you don't use Carmen as the FN I think its ok.

susieandmarty · May 2013

MelRC117:
susieandmarty:
i am with you. it is not my taste at all. part of me still thinks he is messing with me. He told me that if Electra was a middle name, I could choose any first name i wanted.
Why is he so stuck on it?

I havd no idea. That us why I first thought it was a joke. But now he is sticking with it. I think it will change should I get pregnant. I hope anyway

theuntaggablek · May 2013

I actually kind-of like it, though I would never use it for my kid, and can understand your hesitation! It's for a strong, sprightly, spirited little girl and was not uncommon in the early twentieth-century.

I had a student once with this name, paired with the surname "Goodluck"

The most memorably-named student I've had!

Elsa1984 · May 2013

klyann:
It sounds like a stripper name to me.

This. I know siblings named Karisma and Electra. Every time I hear their names, I think of strippers. Which is pretty wrong considering the girls are 7 and 9 years old.

bsinno · May 2013

salt78:
NO.

THIS WAS THE WORST MOVIE EVERRRR

BulgariHeart · May 2013

Love this name! Strong, feminine, unpopular... I've known a few Electras, it's a pretty steady name in my social circle.

JayJay1212 · May 2013

klyann:
It sounds like a stripper name to me.

Yeahhh

blu-eyedwife · May 2013

1) I remember DH watching a movie not too long ago about a pregnant porn star named Elektra Luxx, so I wonder if that's where your husband is pulling it from?

2) I don't live the story of Electra from Greek mythology, especially because of it's more recent connection with psychology (The Electra Complex) which is especially eerie given your husband's insistence on it.

salt78 · May 2013

blu-eyedwife:
2) I don't live the story of Electra from Greek mythology, especially because of it's more recent connection with psychology (The Electra Complex) which is especially eerie given your husband's insistence on it.

I just looked it up and that certainly is a horrible association.

capulet · May 2013

blu-eyedwife:
2) I don't live the story of Electra from Greek mythology, especially because of it's more recent connection with psychology (The Electra Complex) which is especially eerie given your husband's insistence on it.

This. I don't get stripper from it at all, but the mythological association is weird.

That said, if the only price I had to pay to choose ANY first name I wanted was to have Electra as the middle name, I'd probably take that bargain. We have a tough time agreeing on names.