[Opinions] Female names from fairy tales and mythology (LONG!)
All these are from an encyclopedia of myths and tales. I only have names from A-G so far, but more are coming...
I think some of them are gorgeous.
Abra
Acantha
Adalgisa
Adina
Aegina
Aegle
Agaue
Aglaia
Aida
Aine
Alcmene
Alcyone
Alfreda
Alfsol
Aphrodite
Alleriauh
Alope
Althea
Amalthea
Amarantha
Amaryllis
Amata
Ambrosia
Amine
Aminta
Amneris
Anaxarete
Andromache
Andromeda
Anemone
Angerboda
Antigone
Antiope
Amphitrite
Apatusia
Apollonia
Arachne
Arethusa
Ariadne
Armida
Artemis
Aruru
Astarte
Astraea
Astroflammante
Atala
Atalanta
Athena
Aud
Aurora
Azucena
Bathsheba
Belakane
Bellissima
Bellona
Bera
Berchta
Berenice
Bestla
Beyla
Blanchefleur
Boadicea
Bonadea
Borghild
Bragwaine
Briolana
Briseis
Brisen
Butterfly
Cacucilla
Calliope
Callirhoe
Callisto
Calypso
Carmen
Carna
Cassiopeia
Ceres
Chelone
Chloris
Circe
Cloacina
Clotho
Clymene
Colombina
Connla
Coppelia
Cyane
Cybele
Cydippe
Deianeira
Deidamia
Delibera
Demeter
Desdemona
Dulcinea
Egeria
Eos
Erato
Erda
Erigone
Esclammonde
Eunomia
Europa
Eurydike
Euryanthe
Eutherpe
Eyfura
Falerina
Fauna
Felicitas
Feronia
Fiammetta
Filomena
Florine
Gaia
Galanthis
Galatea
Gefjon
Genoveva
Gerana
Gioconda
Godiva
Griselda
Gulnare
Gwendolen
Does the sea exist
Because of our longing?
My PNL
http://www.behindthename.com/pnl/3258/61573
I think some of them are gorgeous.
Abra
Acantha
Adalgisa
Adina
Aegina
Aegle
Agaue
Aglaia
Aida
Aine
Alcmene
Alcyone
Alfreda
Alfsol
Aphrodite
Alleriauh
Alope
Althea
Amalthea
Amarantha
Amaryllis
Amata
Ambrosia
Amine
Aminta
Amneris
Anaxarete
Andromache
Andromeda
Anemone
Angerboda
Antigone
Antiope
Amphitrite
Apatusia
Apollonia
Arachne
Arethusa
Ariadne
Armida
Artemis
Aruru
Astarte
Astraea
Astroflammante
Atala
Atalanta
Athena
Aud
Aurora
Azucena
Bathsheba
Belakane
Bellissima
Bellona
Bera
Berchta
Berenice
Bestla
Beyla
Blanchefleur
Boadicea
Bonadea
Borghild
Bragwaine
Briolana
Briseis
Brisen
Butterfly
Cacucilla
Calliope
Callirhoe
Callisto
Calypso
Carmen
Carna
Cassiopeia
Ceres
Chelone
Chloris
Circe
Cloacina
Clotho
Clymene
Colombina
Connla
Coppelia
Cyane
Cybele
Cydippe
Deianeira
Deidamia
Delibera
Demeter
Desdemona
Dulcinea
Egeria
Eos
Erato
Erda
Erigone
Esclammonde
Eunomia
Europa
Eurydike
Euryanthe
Eutherpe
Eyfura
Falerina
Fauna
Felicitas
Feronia
Fiammetta
Filomena
Florine
Gaia
Galanthis
Galatea
Gefjon
Genoveva
Gerana
Gioconda
Godiva
Griselda
Gulnare
Gwendolen
Does the sea exist
Because of our longing?
My PNL
http://www.behindthename.com/pnl/3258/61573
This message was edited 10/1/2015, 12:59 PM
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I like:
Aida
Ariadne
Artemis
Athena
Aida
Ariadne
Artemis
Athena
I love the heritage of all the names you reference; and how easily Amaryllis & Briseis would easily work for males as well - and even Gwendolen even if the name is so commonly attributed to females.
Amaryllis
Briseis
Gwendolen
The place yaf a thousand savours swote,
And Bachus, god of wyn, sat hir besyde,
And Ceres next, that doth of hunger bote;
And, as seide, amiddes lay Cipryde,
To whom on knees two yonge folkes cryde
To ben hir help; but thus I leet hir lye,
And ferther in the temple I gan espye
That, in dispyte of Diane the chaste,
Ful many a bowe y-broke heng on the wal
Of maydens, suche as gunne hir tymes waste
In hir servyse; and peynted over al
Of many a story, of which I touche shal
A fewe, as of Calixte and Athalaunte,
And many a mayde, of which the name I wante;
Semyramus, Candace, and Ercules,
Biblis, Dido, Thisbe, and Piramus,
Tristram, Isoude, Paris, and Achilles,
Eleyne, Cleopatre, and Troilus,
Silla, and eek the moder of Romulus --
Alle these were peynted on that other syde,
And al hir love, and in what plyte they dyde.
Apollonia was the name of my great great grandmother. I'd love to use it, but 1) I'm not having any more daughters, and 2) DH doesn't like it. Apple or Pony are adorable nicknames for it though. :)
Arethusa is a favorite of mine.
I also like Alcyone, Althea, Andromeda, Ariadne, Atalanta, Aud, Bathsheba, Cassiopeia, Cybele, Deianeira, Demeter, Erato, Galatea, Genoveva, and Gwendolen.
I think Antigone, Desdemona, and Godiva sound/look cool as well, but I associate them really closely with characters.
Anemone could be a fun flower name except it sounds like "an enemy".
I also like Alcyone, Althea, Andromeda, Ariadne, Atalanta, Aud, Bathsheba, Cassiopeia, Cybele, Deianeira, Demeter, Erato, Galatea, Genoveva, and Gwendolen.
I think Antigone, Desdemona, and Godiva sound/look cool as well, but I associate them really closely with characters.
Anemone could be a fun flower name except it sounds like "an enemy".
This message was edited 10/1/2015, 2:45 PM