One of my good friend’s name is [name]Kalliope[/name] with a K. She was never called any nn throughout her school years. A few people tried but she would tell them that she wanted to be called [name]Kalliope[/name] and after a while, they did. But for what it’s worth, I love the suggestion of [name]Poppy[/name] as a nn! Some middle names:
[name]Calliope[/name] [name]Skye[/name]
[name]Calliope[/name] [name]Louise[/name]
[name]Calliope[/name] [name]Rain[/name]
[name]Calliope[/name] [name]Victoria[/name]
[name]Calliope[/name] [name]Lydia[/name]
[name]Calliope[/name] [name]Catherine[/name]
[name]Calliope[/name] [name]Ariana[/name]
[name]Calliope[/name] [name]Paige[/name]
[name]Calliope[/name] [name]Helen[/name]
[name]Calliope[/name] [name]Belle[/name]
[name]Calliope[/name] [name]Mae[/name]
[name]Calliope[/name] [name]Scarlett[/name]
[name]Calliope[/name] [name]Layne[/name]
[name]Calliope[/name] [name]Blaire[/name]
[name]Calliope[/name] [name]Isabel[/name]
[name]Calliope[/name] [name]Maeve[/name]
[name]Calliope[/name] [name]Eve[/name]
[name]Calliope[/name] [name]Ava[/name]
I love it! I chose a similar Greek name, [name]Calista[/name], for my daughter. A better spelling would be [name]Callista[/name], I was unaware of that at the time [name]Callisto[/name] and [name]Calypso[/name] might be good options too. When I was younger, I always thought [name]Calliope[/name] was [name]CAL[/name]-lee-up. So yes, it might present some pronunciation issues. But [name]Callie[/name] is such a cute nn!
[name]Skye[/name] and [name]Scarlett[/name] are really nice, I can’t decide which I like more! [name]Isabel[/name], [name]Blaire[/name], [name]Ava[/name], [name]Eve[/name], [name]Paige[/name], and [name]Catherine[/name] are all names of cousins…I have at least 30 of them ages 0-22yrs, soooo they really cut into my pool of names! Also, I realized that a middle name beginning with “a” makes her initials C.A.N. (O, and U names are totally out of the question due to initials) I was really liking [name]Alexa[/name] for awhile, but not sure about “a” names. [name]Skye[/name] is just awesome though!!!
and doesn’t pose pronunciation problems!