Thank you for posting! I just skimmed it for now, but was pleasantly surprised that I pronounce all of the ones I remember learning about correctly.
@orangemusic – It’s ee-OH-nee. 
@redwoodfey – Send a message to [name]Pam[/name] at pam@nameberry.com if you want her to see your suggestion. I agree, it would be an awesome feature.
@jessicalucy – Kleio would be said like [name]Clio[/name].
This list is amazing! 
I’ve been wondering about another Greek name, [name]Evanthe[/name]. Is this pronounced like [name]Ianthe[/name] with a v? Or am I totally messing this up?
[name]Evanthe[/name] is like ee-VAHN-thee.
Yes but is [name]Clio[/name] said like [name]Cleo[/name]? Everywhere I’ve looked online, it says it’s pronounced kly-oh.
Oh! Yes, [name]Clio[/name] is said exactly like [name]Cleo[/name]. It’s weird you’ve found it pronounced that way. [name]Clio[/name] is said like [name]Cleo[/name]… klee-oh … and comes with the added bonus of being the muse of history.
Haha it sounds funny to hear [name]Larissa[/name] pronounced with the ree sound, because it’s my name and I’ve always pronounced it the other way. I guess i am truly English! Great list, some of these I had wondered about for a while.
This is so helpful, I love Greek mythological names, and this really helps with pronunciation.
Thanks for the list! I only have one baby name book that lists pronunciations, and I’ve caught so many mistakes in it that I don’t trust it anymore. Forvo is great, but the sound on our Internet computer is currently not working.
A question: does the pronunciation of the C consonant go by a rule? Does it depend on which Greek letter is being transliterated as an English C? I was surprised to see that the C’s in Alcestis and Alcinous are pronounced differently.
C makes a K sound.
I just wrote it wrong cause I’m not perfect :oops: 
I find [name_f]Ariadne[/name_f] pronounced with an ‘odd’ sound perplexing, I find the name hard to roll off the tongue. I also tried to say [name_f]Hermione[/name_f] with a ‘hair’ instead of ‘her’ sound but apparently to my boyfriend’s ears they sounded the same, guess sometimes it can be the correct pronunciation but it would always sound different with each accent. [name_m]Just[/name_m] like the American pronunciation of my name and certain words, they will never sound the same even if the person puts strain on the correct pronunciation, something I found out while taking up learning a new language. I can be saying the same word, saying it out loud while reading the phonetical spelling and still not be anywhere close to what I supposed to be saying.
[name_m]Ah[/name_m]! Thanks. So that goes for [name_f]Alcyone[/name_f] too?
So [name_f]Rhea[/name_f] is pronounced [name_u]Ray[/name_u]-uh? I love the name, but when I was looking online everyone else said it was pronounced [name_f]Ree[/name_f]-uh. I prefer the former pronunciation.
[name_f]Alcyone[/name_f] is properly pronounced al-kee-oh-nee but is commonly pronounced with a see sound. The other that gets the S sound in English is [name_f]Circe[/name_f] seer-see but in Greek would be keer-kee.
And [name_f]Rhea[/name_f] is ray-ah in Greek and ree-ah in English.
THANK YOU this is so helpful though I do tend to stick to the latinate s sound for c-followed-by-i-e-or-y. Great to have a comprehensive list
@dantea, thank you for clearing up [name_f]Rhea[/name_f]. As a Greek person, I’m always confused why everyone was pronouncing it ree-uh instead of [name_u]Ray[/name_u]-uh. I have 2 questions:
[name_f]Ariadne[/name_f]- I pronounce [name_f]Ariadne[/name_f] both ways, air-ee-ad-nee & AR-ee-ad-nee. I don’t speak Greek all that well, but all the Greek people I know pronounce it AR-ee-ad-nee (and that’s how it is pronounced on Forvo). I’m confused.
Same deal with [name_f]Thalia[/name_f]. All the Greek people I know say Thayl-ee-uh, I’ve never heard it pronounced [name_m]Thay[/name_m]-lee-uh until I came on this site. I agree that pronouncing it like [name_f]Talia[/name_f] is wrong, but could you explain this? (it is one of my favorite names so I’d love to be pronouncing it right).
Thanks!
The way you wrote out [name_f]Thalia[/name_f] and the way I’m saying it seem to be the same. >_>
As for [name_f]Ariadne[/name_f], my Greek is in the classical/ancient bend (I learned it not just as a part of my heritage but because I use the ancient Greek in rituals) and so it could just be that in modern Greek it’s said differently than it is in ancient Greek.
The way you wrote out [name_f]Thalia[/name_f] and the way I’m saying it seem to be the same. >_>
As for [name_f]Ariadne[/name_f], my Greek is in the classical/ancient bend (I learned it not just as a part of my heritage but because I use the ancient Greek in rituals) and so it could just be that in modern Greek it’s said differently than it is in ancient Greek.
You can always subscribe to threads you like.
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I used to use this a lot when I was answering a lot of threads but really only wanted to check back in on a few in particular. Not sure many people use it.
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That paragraph just set my little linguistics and etymology-loving heart aflutter. I have a B.A. in Classics and I was taught that theta is pronounced “th”, but then again this was at an american college. I think we can definitely agree though, that since none of us can go back in time (sadly), we don’t know how certain letters were actually pronounced in ancient Greece, and even if we could, we’d probably find that it changed over time and may have varied widely by region.
Great list, Dantea! (no Cytheria, though? JK. You can only put so many on there!) Of course, I pronounce it wrong, anyway, with an “s” sound at the beginning.
I would also like to add [name_f]Antigone[/name_f] (ann-Tih-goh-nee)
I hear that one pronounced incorrectly a lot.