Alethea?

Apollo11235 · December 2014

Hi ladies! DH and I are expecting our first in June. We're still undecided on whether or not we'll be finding out the sex, but DH and I each had a girl name in mind before we met: Alethea (DH - he's a history/Greek mythology buff) and Michelle (me - for a childhood mentor). I actually think they go well together as a fn/mn pair, but Alethea took a long time to grow on me.

Thoughts on Alethea Michelle? Our last name rhymes with "busy." Do you think it works sound-wise? How about the nn Ally, or some spelling of it?

Incidentally, we've also gotten exactly nowhere on boy names. I like the sound of the -den and -ton names, but don't want to go that popular. I love Lincoln, but that's also been popular lately. Any boy name ideas that we might consider?

pippacricket · December 2014

Alethea Michelle is a beautiful name!

Apollo11235 · December 2014

bromios said:

Oh, and boy names:
Anton
Torsten
Harlan
Spyridon
Sebastian
Eamonn
Lorcan
Faron
Myron
Theron
Edmund
Orion
Orrin
Ronan

Thanks! Most of these don't jump out at me, but Ronan is cute!

ETA: maybe Harlan, too.

lifeonthehill · December 2014

I prefer Althea but Alethea is great. I much prefer the NN Thea to Ally

Apollo11235 · December 2014

Sounds like we'll have to think about Thea. I don't think I like it, but then I didn't like Alethea at first either... It sounds like a female Theo to me?

Apollo11235 · December 2014

bromios said:

Apollo11235 said:

Sounds like we'll have to think about Thea. I don't think I like it, but then I didn't like Alethea at first either... It sounds like a female Theo to me?

Thea means goddess and is a real, gorgeous name all by itself. Theo is strictly a nn, since a male god would be a theos.

Interesting. Good to know! Apparently DH likes Thea, so it sounds like I'm the odd one out here. I'm sure it'll grow on me, too.