WDYT? Persephone

MaybeMore · September 2011

DH's favorite name. We're a NN family, though, and there is NOTHING I'd do with Persephone that I'd want to hear.

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krystalxyz · September 2011

Persephone is my favorite Greek myth, but I don't think I'd name a daughter that. Maybe a dog.

MaybeMore · September 2011

Ariadne

Andromache

Alcyone

Penelope

Persephone

Hermione

Andromeda

Antigone (when I was 13, I swore I'd name my first daughter this!)

Euridice

Euphrosyne

Artemisia

Eluetheria

Philomena

Zenobia

I love the sound of all of these and so does DH, but we wouldn't use them! They're just too "out there"!

forensicmama · September 2011

I like Persephone! I love Greek names - my favorite is Ianthe. It means violet (the flower). (ee-AN-thee)

EastCoastBride · September 2011

krystalxyz:
Persephone is my favorite Greek myth, but I don't think I'd name a daughter that. Maybe a dog.

I've never given the name any thought, but I'm along the lines of this. I actually think it's pretty, but I have a REALLY hard time applying it to a person in our world today. It would stand out, that's for sure. It's just a matter of whether that would end up being a good thing or a bad thing.

smaoph425 · September 2011

Queen of the underworld... NMS.

brooklynesque · September 2011

smaoph425:
Queen of the underworld... NMS.

This. If you're going to name a kid the name of a mythological figure, make sure you like the myth!

esmid001 · September 2011

I LOVE it and DH likes it but we think it is probably way too much. I would have nn her Sephie or Pers.

We are going with Penelope instead...which I think I love even more

MrsPilz · September 2011

I love Persephone. Its on my list

Cant help with the nickname since I personally try for names without one. I get people that call my DD Niki and I hate it. Closest thing to a NN that she has is Kita...and thats because most little kids only get that part of her name out...except 1 of her cousins that call her Misskita

sept9107bride · September 2011

I think a lot of people would say "stephanie?" when they first hear it and that is NOT the same name. just my first reaction. plus you'd probably want a good nickname handy....a 5 syllable name is definitely going to get shortened by family/friends.

ames71 · September 2011

This name is so fussy IMO. I'm just not a fan at all. I feel the same way about Seraphina though, and everyone seems to love it, so take it for what it's worth.

I do, however, like Penelope a lot.

DaisyViolet · September 2011

I'll tell you what I told my cousin, who named her baby Iphigenia. Names like this say "My parents want everyone to think they're cool!" Please consider the kid and not your own awesomeness.

hero · September 2011

feffy11:
smaoph425:
Queen of the underworld... NMS.
I agree with this. I also agree that it's "a lot of name," and I'll add that it's a little clunky. However, I will suggest my nickname, Effie (my name is Stephanie).

Effie is a cute nn for Persephone.

PeridotEyes · September 2011

I adore Persephone but a nn would be difficult. It might have to come from a mn.

I know a Zenobia (Z) and a Penelope (Penny). Love those names too - I'm so jealous that I have a "common 80's" name and these ladies are my age with such cool names! I have a guilty pleasure in Greek myth names

MarxieVonTrapp · September 2011

A Greek friend of mine's middle name is Persephone and she HATED it all throughout grade school. It made sense with her family, but it was a tough name to have.

Also, the whole goddess of the underworld/pomegranate teasing...just nms.

MaybeMore · September 2011

DaisyViolet:
I'll tell you what I told my cousin, who named her baby Iphigenia. Names like this say "My parents want everyone to think they're cool!" Please consider the kid and not your own awesomeness.

Eeek. Iphigenia was sacrificed to the gods. Persephone's myth is at least kind of cool.

zaramarie81 · September 2011

Not a fan of the underworld association at all, but strictly speaking sound-wise, it is not too over the top for me. It sounds much softer to me than Penelope (a name I want to like more than I do) and has a similar feel to me as the name Stephanie, a perfectly nice name! I also like Effie as a nn.

DaisyViolet · September 2011

MaybeMore:

DaisyViolet:
I'll tell you what I told my cousin, who named her baby Iphigenia. Names like this say "My parents want everyone to think they're cool!" Please consider the kid and not your own awesomeness.

Eeek. Iphigenia was sacrificed to the gods. Persephone's myth is at least kind of cool.

I mentioned that too! I said "So you're naming your kid 'Sacrifice to parental hubris' and you really don't see the irony?" They were not amused. But then, they won't be the ones being called 'It's a vagina' in middle school.

MaybeMore · September 2011

DaisyViolet:
MaybeMore:

DaisyViolet:
I'll tell you what I told my cousin, who named her baby Iphigenia. Names like this say "My parents want everyone to think they're cool!" Please consider the kid and not your own awesomeness.

Eeek. Iphigenia was sacrificed to the gods. Persephone's myth is at least kind of cool.

I mentioned that too! I said "So you're naming your kid 'Sacrifice to parental hubris' and you really don't see the irony?" They were not amused. But then, they won't be the ones being called 'It's a vagina' in middle school.

Oh, nonononono! I didn't even think of that!

Mostly, I ignore stupid NN, but that would be hard to ignore.

ljtvirkus · September 2011

forensicmama:
I like Persephone! I love Greek names - my favorite is Ianthe. It means violet (the flower). (ee-AN-thee)

Not that it matters but Ianthe is pronounced (I-an-thee)

Dominique1219 · September 2011

Not a fan...it sounds a little pretentious/trying too hard. I do like Penelope better.

HannahO28 · September 2011

I feel like Persephone is just "too much". Unless your other kids are actually named Bear and Stinkerbelle, it would be hard to have them next to such an epic name.

MaybeMore · September 2011

HannahO28:
I feel like Persephone is just "too much". Unless your other kids are actually named Bear and Stinkerbelle, it would be hard to have them next to such an epic name.

ROFL! No, DS has a name that was in the top 50--traditional. DD's name hasn't broken the top 1000 in a number of years but is also very traditional and not odd at all.

Most likely, our male name will be Andrew (Drew) and female will be Helena, Eleanor, Theodora, Honora, or Ginevra, if we ever manage to get pregnant with a sticky baby again.

Persephone wouldn't fit the sibs at ALL.

alliejo725 · September 2011

MaybeMore:

Ariadne

Andromache

Alcyone

Penelope

Persephone

Hermione

Andromeda

Antigone (when I was 13, I swore I'd name my first daughter this!)

Euridice

Euphrosyne

Artemisia

Eluetheria

Philomena

Zenobia

I love the sound of all of these and so does DH, but we wouldn't use them! They're just too "out there"!

Since when is Penelope too "out there"?

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