Calliope

LoveOfMikesLife

I know that this isn't a very popular name over here. I just don't know why. Do people find it ugly? Hard to say? What is it? 

AmyMA53

I'm not a fan at all. Calliope is hard to pronounce and I don't like the sound. I know it can be seen as too cutesy and a nickname for a formal first name but I like just Callie.I'm 27 and I went to school and with a girl named that and I always thought it was pretty.

hollyk224

I don't like it very much.  I actually had never heard of it until a few months ago when a friend chose it for her DD.  I don't think it's ugly - it's just not my style.

Dr.Loretta

I like it

LoveOfMikesLife

mj.reilly:

It has gotten a lot of love from this board in my experience / from the times I have seen it posted over the years. ::shrugs::

I really like it. It is a guilty pleasure name for me because I couldn't see myself using it (and I don't care for the nn Callie). I think that, like Isla, it is becoming more well known interns of pronunciation. And more well known because of Grey's Anatomy. People still get thrown off by the Greek e = /ee/ at the end of the name. I don't know why. People seem to understand Penelope and Daphne just fine.

It is a great name. Greek names rock.

ETA:

https://community.thebump.com/cs/ks/forums/thread/73659824.aspx

thanks for the older post. seemed a little mixed on opinion. Not as one sided  as I seem to remember from the past.

For some reason I dislike Calla. Not sure why 

SnoopyLuv

I personally love it. Americans are a pretty dumb bunch though, so anything they can't instinctively pronounce freaks them out. I agree that with Penelope getting more popular this might climb a bit too. I tried to convince DH for this baby, but he wasn't on board.

BlindysWife

I think Calliope is great. Yeah, some people can't figure out the pronounciation right away, but I don't think its that difficult once they hear it once or twice. 

Jnyb

I would only be guessing on the pronunciation but it comes out sounding like Cantaloupe (the fruit) no matter how much I sound it out and even then it sounds like I am tripping over the middle of it. I asked my husband how he would pronounce it and he guessed Ku-lie-oh-pee. Not the worst I have ever seen for my tastes but there will be a lot of spelling it out and then re-spelling it for people. Callie is good: plenty easy to understand and pronounce. 

Mochadoodle

Personally, I love the name Calliope. I think that people just struggle with the pronunciation.

gimmietimmies

I really like it. DH and I argued over this one, he liked it too but he thought it was out of character with our other kids names.

mrs_tacos

I like it.

Mrs.G123

I love Calliope but DH doesn't.

LyndseylovesHugh

I know how to pronounce it, and while people may not know how to pronounce it right away I think once you hear it once it makes sense and pronunciation is no longer an issue.  With that being said, I don't care for the name, I do not like the way it sounds, but I would not side eye anyone who used it.

Blondangel

I like it for someone else's kid. I'd never use it because of the pronunciation and spelling issues. It also sounds a bit like a cat's name.

NL105

Never heard of Calliope, I would think it was made up; it kinda reminds me of Cantaloupe , assuming I'm pronouncing it right? I've heard of Callie, and I think that's super cute.

banda522

LoveOfMikesLife:

I know that this isn't a very popular name over here. I just don't know why. Do people find it ugly? Hard to say? What is it? 

Can someone please tell me how to say it??? Lol

GrayGhost13

I think it's lovely.

Also, I agree with what mj said...other Greek names, like Penelope, are getting so much love these days, that I don't think the pronunciation will be that big of an issue.

salt78

I hate it. It makes me think of silly circus music.

salt78

banda522:

LoveOfMikesLife:

I know that this isn't a very popular name over here. I just don't know why. Do people find it ugly? Hard to say? What is it? 

Can someone please tell me how to say it??? Lol

Cal-eye-oh-pee.

capulet

I really like it.  I don't think it's out there, cutesy, or hard to pronounce, but I grew up reading Greek mythology and I guess most people don't anymore.

beccabrad

I like it.  In case you didn't know, it's Callie's full name on Grey's Anatomy.

banda522

salt78:

banda522:

LoveOfMikesLife:

I know that this isn't a very popular name over here. I just don't know why. Do people find it ugly? Hard to say? What is it? 

Can someone please tell me how to say it??? Lol

Cal-eye-oh-pee.

thanks, I was pronouncing it cal-EE-ope (cal like california).

I am meh about it, but I have heard worse.

ta78

I like it.

AimnJus917

To me this word is only a musical instrument so it would be the same as name your child "saxophone" or "clarinet." Not a fan.