What do you think of Iliad as a baby name? [name]Do[/name] you think it’s usable? [name]Just[/name] looking for some thoughts.
Too tied, unfortunately, and sounds a burdensome name for a small baby, and it’s very difficult to imagine a normal adult with the name of Iliad, I’d probably think of someone very unusual!
I cannot deny that I’ve thought about this as well, a lovely sound, but alas, too mythic. So no, I don’t think it’s usable as it is too heavily tied to the Iliad. I think of Iliad as a masculine name.
This is for a girl, but have you thought of the name [name]Ione[/name]?
Pretty sound, very specific. I would picture it as a masculine name first, but I don’t know how wearable it is [name]IRL[/name]. I can’t quite picture it on a person. 
[name]One[/name] of our resident experts can chime in, but I think it refers to the city of Ilium, so I guess that’s a place name? Ilium.
The flow kind of reminds me of [name]Elian[/name].
For a girl, [name]Elianna[/name], [name]Ilona[/name], Ilone…
@lineska according to wiki and other sources I found this: “the Iliad (sometimes referred to as the Song of Ilion or Song of Ilium)” that’s the most I could find specifically referencing the Ilium and the Iliad but I didn’t look very hard and I think you’re probably right.
Unfortunately according to the dictionary Ilium Il·i·um comes from the Latin word [name]Ilia[/name] and means groin or flank, the Ilium is “the uppermost and widest of the three bones constituting either of the lateral halves of the pelvis.”
Ilium is the ancient name for the city of [name]Troy[/name], which is where The Iliad gets its name from, since it tells the story of the Trojan War. I can’t see it as a the name of a person. It would be like naming your child Bible or the title of some other famous book/story/manuscript.
I need to clarify that I am not considering using this name nor do I know anyone considering it. It just crossed my mind and I wanted to share. I don’t think it is really like naming a baby bible though. It’s not a religious text. Oddly enough I would see this as a girls name. Maybe because of [name]Iliana[/name]?
Iliad sounds very masculine to me…I don’t like it for either gender but definitely not on the girl’s side.
I think Iliad could be okay in the middle. There’s also [name]Iliana[/name] or [name]Ilaria[/name] to consider as well.
cool for middle name
I think it’d be odd. Most people would give their child a name of a character, not the name of the work itself.
I like it in the middle for a boy. Prefer Eliad to soften the ‘ill’
It’s intriguing to me as a cool middle, but it feels weird as a first. Maybe a character or someone from the Trojan War or a place name?
[name_m]Achilles[/name_m]
[name_m]Ajax[/name_m]
[name_u]Paris[/name_u]
[name_m]Priam[/name_m]
Patroclus
[name_m]Troy[/name_m]
[name_m]Aeneas[/name_m]
[name_m]Hector[/name_m]
[name_m]Xanthus[/name_m]
Thrace
Clytus
Briseis
Polyxena/Polyxene
[name_f]Thetis[/name_f]
[name_f]Pallas[/name_f]
…Interestingly, when I answered this question my own copy of the Iliad was sitting behind me and a few of these names I added when I skimmed through it just now.
I kinda like it. People use [name_u]Story[/name_u] and [name_f]Poem[/name_f], Iliad could be seen as fitting in that category. I also picture it as masculine, possibly because of all the buff, sweaty Greek warriors that come to mind, Lol.
…Is it bad that I’m kinda into it? :?
Maybe it’s 'cause I’m in love with classic Greek and [name_m]Roman[/name_m] mythology, or maybe it’s 'cause I tend to be into strange names (hence why Kiddo is on my list), but I think Iliad is a really cool name. It’s a great epic poem and I’m surprised I haven’t seen it on this site.
It kind of reminds me of [name_f]Ilana[/name_f], or [name_m]Gilead[/name_m], so it’s not totally strange-sounding. Not that I expect it to be popular or anything, but I could see it as a middle name, or a first name (though nicknames might be hard to work out…).
Maybe I’m just really tired and easy to please, but I’m into it.
I love Iliad and I actually know about one! It’s a great name and totally usable ([name_m]Ulysses[/name_m] is usable, isn’t it? 
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You also have Eliad (hebrew)
As a classicist, I have very strong ideas about the name - obviously the epic but also the fact that it etymologically boils down to mean groin… However, the sound is beautiful and the connotations of courage, adventure and strength are very appealing.
similar sounds; Illyria, [name_m]Ilya[/name_m], Myriad, [name_f]Miriam[/name_f], [name_f]Alethea[/name_f], [name_f]Celia[/name_f], [name_m]Sirius[/name_m], [name_f]Vasilia[/name_f]
epic meanings; [name_m]Troy[/name_m], [name_u]Paris[/name_u], [name_f]Helena[/name_f], [name_m]Achilles[/name_m], [name_m]Hector[/name_m], [name_m]Ajax[/name_m], [name_m]Theseus[/name_m], [name_m]Jason[/name_m], [name_u]Hero[/name_u], [name_f]Honour[/name_f], Valour
I live in Greece and I have met two Iliada’s (all female names have to end an -a or -ee sound here), it’s not all that weird and I kind of like it to be honest, it has some nice nicknames
I like it.