lencol
October 20, 2016, 12:07pm
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For middle names we like slightly unusual names, something strong and from classic literature or mythology.
(think [name_f]Io[/name_f], [name_f]Juno[/name_f], [name_f]Athena[/name_f], etc.)
We found loads of these for boys, but good girls ones seem more difficult to find. Could you lovely nameberriers perhaps help us out?
18_25
October 20, 2016, 12:20pm
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[name_f]Phaedra[/name_f]
[name_u]Artemis[/name_u]
[name_f]Cybele[/name_f]
Holbrook
[name_u]Dione[/name_u]
Laeticia
[name_f]Gaea[/name_f]
[name_f]Alcina[/name_f]
siera
October 20, 2016, 12:28pm
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[name_f]Persephone[/name_f] - probably my favorite name from Greek mythology!
[name_f]Penelope[/name_f]
[name_u]Calypso[/name_u]
[name_f]Cassandra[/name_f]
[name_f]Maia[/name_f]
[name_f]Thisbe[/name_f]
Astraea
Circe
Demeter / Demetria
Evanthe
Freyja
Ione
Leda
Narcissa
Nephele / Nefeli
Nike
Pandora
Signe / Signy
Xanthippe
[name_f]Eirene[/name_f] (related to [name_f]Irene[/name_f], but pronounced differently)
[name_f]Eos[/name_f]
[name_f]Selene[/name_f]
[name_f]Cybele[/name_f]
[name_f]Drusilla[/name_f]
[name_f]Lucretia[/name_f]
Polyxena
[name_f]Andromache[/name_f]
[name_f]Galatea[/name_f]
[name_f]Rhea[/name_f]
[name_f]Thetis[/name_f]
Metis
[name_f]Hestia[/name_f]/[name_f]Vesta[/name_f]
[name_f]Psyche[/name_f]
[name_f]Ariadne[/name_f]
[name_u]Calypso[/name_u]
Please excuse any repeats!
[name_f]Josephine[/name_f]
[name_f]Cressida[/name_f]
[name_f]Ophelia[/name_f]
[name_f]Portia[/name_f]
[name_f]Scarlett[/name_f]
[name_u]Scout[/name_u]
[name_f]Ramona[/name_f]
[name_f]Matilda[/name_f]
Isolde
Bathsheba
Esmeralda
Rosalind
Estella
Darcy
Daisy
Bronte
Elinor
Sorry for any repeats!
[name_f]Acantha[/name_f]
Adrasteia
Aella
[name_f]Alcyone[/name_f]
Andraste
[name_f]Andromeda[/name_f]
[name_f]Ariadne[/name_f]
[name_u]Artemis[/name_u]
[name_f]Astraea[/name_f]
[name_f]Atalanta[/name_f]
[name_f]Athena[/name_f]
Bellona
[name_f]Branwen[/name_f]
[name_u]Calypso[/name_u]
[name_f]Cassiopeia[/name_f]
[name_f]Ceres[/name_f]
[name_f]Danae[/name_f]
[name_u]Echo[/name_u]
[name_f]Electra[/name_f]
[name_f]Emer[/name_f]
[name_f]Evadne[/name_f]
Freyja / [name_f]Freya[/name_f]
[name_f]Halcyone[/name_f]
Hathor
[name_f]Hermione[/name_f]
[name_f]Hestia[/name_f]
[name_f]Ianthe[/name_f]
Ilithyia
[name_f]Ione[/name_f]
[name_f]Iris[/name_f]
[name_f]Juno[/name_f]
Larunda
[name_f]Laverna[/name_f]
[name_f]Leda[/name_f]
[name_f]Lucina[/name_f]
[name_f]Luna[/name_f]
[name_f]Maeve[/name_f]
[name_f]Minerva[/name_f]
[name_f]Nyx[/name_f]
[name_f]Pandora[/name_f]
[name_f]Parthenia[/name_f]
[name_f]Parvati[/name_f]
[name_f]Penelope[/name_f]
[name_f]Persephone[/name_f]
[name_f]Phaedra[/name_f]
[name_f]Pomona[/name_f]
[name_f]Reva[/name_f]
[name_f]Rhea[/name_f]
[name_f]Selene[/name_f]
[name_f]Signy[/name_f]
[name_f]Thalia[/name_f]
[name_f]Vesta[/name_f]
Vidya
[name_f]Xanthe[/name_f]
Althaea
[name_f]Amelia[/name_f]
[name_f]Anastasia[/name_f]
[name_f]Annona[/name_f]
[name_f]Antigone[/name_f]
[name_f]Aphrodite[/name_f]
[name_f]Aurora[/name_f]
[name_f]Araminta[/name_f]
[name_f]Avalon[/name_f]
[name_f]Beatrice[/name_f]/[name_f]Beatrix[/name_f]
[name_f]Bianca[/name_f]
[name_f]Calista[/name_f]/[name_f]Calixta[/name_f]
[name_f]Calliope[/name_f]
[name_f]Catriona[/name_f]
[name_f]Cleo[/name_f]
[name_u]Constantine[/name_u]
[name_f]Cordelia[/name_f]
[name_f]Daphne[/name_f]
[name_f]Desdemona[/name_f]
[name_f]Francesca[/name_f]
[name_u]Florentine[/name_u]
[name_f]Gaea[/name_f]
[name_f]Genevieve[/name_f]
[name_f]Gertrude[/name_f]
[name_f]Guinevere[/name_f]
[name_f]Gwendolyn[/name_f]
[name_f]Helena[/name_f]
[name_f]Hera[/name_f]
[name_f]Hester[/name_f]
[name_f]Imogen[/name_f]
[name_f]Ingrid[/name_f]
[name_f]Iris[/name_f]
[name_f]Isobel[/name_f]
[name_f]Jane[/name_f]
[name_f]Jocasta[/name_f]
[name_f]Kali[/name_f]
[name_f]Lilith[/name_f]
[name_f]Lorelei[/name_f]
[name_f]Maia[/name_f]
[name_f]Magdelene[/name_f]
[name_f]Marjorie[/name_f]
[name_u]Meredith[/name_u]
[name_f]Odette[/name_f]
[name_f]Odessa[/name_f]
[name_f]Orla[/name_f]
[name_f]Paloma[/name_f]
Perinelle
[name_f]Phoebe[/name_f]
[name_f]Philomena[/name_f]
[name_f]Rosamund[/name_f]
[name_f]Rowena[/name_f]
[name_f]Rhiannon[/name_f]
[name_f]Sabrina[/name_f]
[name_f]Septima[/name_f]
[name_f]Theresa[/name_f]
[name_f]Theia[/name_f]
[name_f]Titania[/name_f]
[name_f]Uma[/name_f]
[name_f]Zelda[/name_f]
Apollina is one of my favorites!
Other ideas:
[name_f]Arista[/name_f] or [name_f]Aristana[/name_f]
[name_f]Eulalia[/name_f] - pronounced Oo-lah-lia (meaning is cool too: spoken sweetly or well spoken)
[name_f]Isadora[/name_f]
Zosime
[name_f]Prima[/name_f] - classic
[name_u]Vega[/name_u]
[name_f]Bellatrix[/name_f] - far out
[name_f]Cleora[/name_f] - far out
[name_f]Octavia[/name_f] - slightly out there
[name_f]Mercedes[/name_f] - slightly out
[name_u]Demeter[/name_u]
[name_f]Zora[/name_f] - pretty
[name_f]Phillida[/name_f] - far out
[name_u]Jordan[/name_u] - slightly out
[name_f]Olympia[/name_f] - slightly
[name_f]Delta[/name_f] - slightly
[name_f]Lucrezia[/name_f]/[name_f]Lucretia[/name_f] - classic
[name_u]Artemis[/name_u] - strong
[name_f]Artemisia[/name_f] - pretty, strong
[name_f]Keziah[/name_f]
[name_f]Maxima[/name_f]
[name_f]Phaedra[/name_f]
[name_f]Orchid[/name_f] - far out
[name_f]Ariadne[/name_f] - pretty
[name_f]Desdemona[/name_f] - far out
[name_f]Ursula[/name_f] - classic
[name_f]Edith[/name_f] - classic
[name_f]Evadne[/name_f] - far out
[name_f]Concordia[/name_f] - strong
[name_u]Adria[/name_u] - pretty
[name_f]Salome[/name_f] - pretty
[name_f]Portia[/name_f] - pretty
[name_f]Constance[/name_f] - strong classic
Sorry for any repeats. I tried to stay away from ones like [name_f]Luna[/name_f] and [name_f]Aurora[/name_f] and [name_f]Juno[/name_f] because of popularity
[name_m]Greco[/name_m]-[name_m]Roman[/name_m] names:
[name_f]Athena[/name_f]
[name_f]Aphrodite[/name_f]
[name_f]Aeliana[/name_f]
[name_f]Xanthe[/name_f]
[name_f]Xanthia[/name_f]
[name_f]Demetria[/name_f]
[name_u]Demeter[/name_u]
[name_f]Demi[/name_f]
[name_u]Artemis[/name_u]
[name_f]Selene[/name_f]
[name_f]Athene[/name_f]
Anaxandra
Polyxena
[name_f]Cleo[/name_f]/[name_f]Cleopatra[/name_f]
Arsinoe (R-sin-o-way)
[name_f]Venus[/name_f]
[name_f]Hera[/name_f]
[name_f]Hestia[/name_f]
[name_f]Hebe[/name_f]
[name_f]Vesta[/name_f]
Briseis
[name_f]Antigone[/name_f]
[name_f]Ismene[/name_f]
[name_f]Hecuba[/name_f]
[name_f]Minerva[/name_f]
[name_f]Flavia[/name_f]
[name_f]Feliciana[/name_f]
[name_f]Lovina[/name_f]
[name_f]Lavinia[/name_f]
[name_f]Nyx[/name_f]
[name_f]Hermione[/name_f]
Styx
Aphaea
[name_f]Persephone[/name_f]
[name_f]Penelope[/name_f]
[name_f]Hebe[/name_f]
Megara
[name_f]Drucilla[/name_f]
[name_f]Elda[/name_f]
Despina
[name_f]Rhea[/name_f]
[name_f]Gaia[/name_f]
[name_f]Gaea[/name_f]
Melinoe ([name_u]Mel[/name_u]-in-oh-ee)
[name_f]Eirene[/name_f]
Lots of great suggestions already. The only other I can contribute is una.
kmptmp
October 24, 2016, 9:33am
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We have a Greek last name and the names [name_f]Daphne[/name_f], [name_f]Eleni[/name_f], [name_f]Thea[/name_f] and [name_f]Demetra[/name_f] always top our list. They have that “Greek” feel without being too far in left field.
emsky
October 24, 2016, 2:28pm
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[name_f]Xanthe[/name_f]
[name_f]Thora[/name_f]
[name_f]Calliope[/name_f]
[name_f]Clio[/name_f]
[name_f]Minerva[/name_f]
[name_f]Ziva[/name_f]
A name I have always loved is [name_f]Lucy[/name_f] [name_f]Athena[/name_f]. [name_f]Persephone[/name_f] is absolutely gorgeous, too!
drmom
October 24, 2016, 3:30pm
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[name_f]Andromeda[/name_f]. Such as strong name to me, and perfect for a MN.