[name_f]Persephone[/name_f] has been my guilty pleasure name for a few years. I love it, but am not sure if I’d be brave enough to use it. I love in [name_f]Ireland[/name_f] and don’t think I’ve ever come across one.
So my question is, is it really Usable? What would you think if you heard of a baby with that name?
Hmm…I’m not sure. It took me a very long time to even realize how to pronounce this (I kept saying "purse-uh-phone) and it is rather out there. That being said, I actually like it! With the exception of [name_m]Oliver[/name_m], your children have names that are uncommon and I think [name_f]Persephone[/name_f] would fit right in with her siblings! If I met a [name_f]Persephone[/name_f], I would probably send the parents flowers for not choosing [name_f]Nevaeh[/name_f] lol. Nah, in all seriousness, I would be impressed and thrilled to meet one!
Yes, I think its perfectly useable. You might never meet another one, but I’d be surprised if you met another [name_m]Rupert[/name_m] as well. It’s also familiar to a lot of people, even if they’ve never met a person named it.
I absolutely love [name_f]Persephone[/name_f] and I would love to meet one. It has so much imagery and beauty to it, and I like the myth connection. I think it’s perfectly usable and I feel like it might get more usage.
Definitely yes. I’d love to meet a little [name_f]Persephone[/name_f]. 
I have seen online several girls named [name_f]Persephone[/name_f]. I don’t think there’s anything wrong with it and it has no real stigma like other similar names.
Well, it’s a real name although barely used, so I think it’s possible. You’d probably need a nickname as it’s quite long
Cool, thanks for all the replies. I’m not sure if I’d be brave enough to use it. I do love it though. And I read about a connection between the Greek myth associated with [name_f]Persephone[/name_f] and Beauty and the Beast, which is my all time favourite movie/story, so it further cemented how much I love it.
Trying to convince my hubby now will be the next challenge!
Yes definitely usable!
My almost 5 year old is [name_f]Persephone[/name_f]. Obviously I love the name. I first read it in [name_f]Mallory[/name_f] Blackman’s book Noughts and Crosses. There are 2 sisters [name_f]Persephone[/name_f] and [name_f]Minerva[/name_f]…Sephy and [name_f]Minnie[/name_f].
Our [name_f]Persephone[/name_f] goes by Sephy which some people hear as [name_f]Sophie[/name_f] but she corrects them and tells them her ‘long name’. Once people know how to say/spell it they don’t forget and I’ve had many comments on how beautiful it is. My daughter certainly owns her name and she loves it.
My husband was unsure at first as it’s long (but no longer than [name_f]Amelia[/name_f] or [name_f]Elizabeth[/name_f] in syllables) and he’d never heard it before but I pointed out that it’s the merovingian’s wife in The Matrix and it’s a greek goddess. He warmed to it and now he loves it. He didn’t want her to be Persy though.
It definitely goes with your sibset as my eldest is [name_m]Reuben[/name_m] which sounds similar to [name_m]Rupert[/name_m] and my other daughter is [name_f]Cordelia[/name_f]
No way [name_f]Ani[/name_f], really? That’s amazing! They do sound great together actually. Very cute about your 5 year old owning the name! I think with a name like that you really do have to own it!
Surprisingly hubby actually really likes it. He loves the back story, which I have to say, I do think makes it ultra cool. 6 months goddess of spring, flowers and sunshine and 6 months queen of the underworld?? That makes for one bad ass baby name! 
Yes, it is. [name_f]Penelope[/name_f] has a similar sound, and is becoming very popular. It also reminds me of [name_f]Stephanie[/name_f], in terms of the sound, and that name has had periods of huge popularity, and is still loved and widely used. [name_f]Persephone[/name_f] has strong mythological associations, which is an added bonus. Persie would make a cute nickname - pronounced like [name_u]Percy[/name_u], but I would use the spelling that reflects the full name, as this looks more feminine.
I think its beautiful, it has a very nice sound, and i dont think it would be hard to pull it off.
I love it and think it is indeed usable. As a pp said, it’s no longer than [name_f]Penelope[/name_f] which is quite fashionable now. I like that it has lots of nickname potential: Persy, [name_f]Posy[/name_f], Sephy, [name_f]Fifi[/name_f], Noni.
I’ve always loved this name but assumed it was unusable too. These days though lots of mythological names are becoming trendy, at least in the US, not that one particularly but as a genre. I think this makes it usable.
I’ve gone through stages of loving [name_f]Persephone[/name_f] but I have the same doubts about wearability as well. I actually know a [name_f]Persephone[/name_f] but she goes 99% of the time by Sephy. I have to say I was fairly surprised when I heard her name, and against my previous love for [name_f]Persephone[/name_f], I thought that in person it sounded a little too much.
[name_f]Persephone[/name_f] nicknamed [name_f]Posy[/name_f]! That’s adorable!!
I totally think it’s a wearable name.
I know a [name_f]Persephone[/name_f] (age 13) who owns it.
[name_f]Persephone[/name_f] was also known as [name_f]Kore[/name_f] or [name_f]Cora[/name_f], in her aspect as a maiden goddess (Greek korê = “maiden”), so there’s a connection to your other daughter’s name. 
I think it’s usable. It reminds me of the old biblical name [name_f]Persis[/name_f], or a much edgier, more eccentric [name_f]Penelope[/name_f]. The meaning is metal as hell: “destroying slayer” from Greek perthô “to destroy” (also the source of [name_m]Perseus[/name_m]) + phonos “slayer” or “slaughter.”
I can see similarities between her story and Beauty and the Beast — hadn’t heard that before! My name book (by K.M. Sheard) also goes into some of the duality of the mythological character:
…for six months of the year, Persephone reigns as Queen of the Underworld, returning to the Upper World for the rest of the year. But there is a great deal more to Persephone — a central figure of the famous Eleusinian mysteries. As a Maiden [name_f]Goddess[/name_f], she is [name_f]Kore[/name_f], and strongly associated with her mother. In the ancient world, however, this function was secondary, and she was principally viewed as the Dread [name_f]Goddess[/name_f] of the Underworld. In some versions, her mother isn’t named [name_u]Demeter[/name_u] at all, but Styx, and it is [name_f]Persephone[/name_f] who rules the spirits of the dead, not Hades. As such, she is often invoked in ancient curses. To many today, these two aspects appear contradictory, but it makes sense to Pagans, who are in tune with the rhythm of the [name_f]Earth[/name_f], aware of the ever turning cycle of life and death. Seeds are buried in the ground with all the appearance of death, from which life springs forth, fresh and green. Who else should be responsible for this miracle than the [name_f]Goddess[/name_f] who dwells beneath the [name_f]Earth[/name_f]? [Her name’s meaning was] usually interpreted as “destroying slayer.” [name_m]Little[/name_m] wonder that in the ancient world her name was considered ill-omened, and she usually went by the far less fearful [name_f]Kore[/name_f].
I don’t think so. As a girl in my late teens, I think a lot of people would laugh at this name just because it sounds very upper class. No disrespect to anyone who is called this or chose this name for their child that’s just my own opinion.
[name_f]Persephone[/name_f] is perfectly usable. It doesn’t feel any more or less clunky or complicated than [name_f]Penelope[/name_f].