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[Opinions] Mythology names
More and more and more I am loving mythology names for girls, especially Greek and Roman. WDYT of them in general? Usable in this day and age?Which are your favorites?
http://behindthename.com/nmc/myth.phpOf course, those from non Greek or Roman are nice, too, but it seems that I'm personally drawn to those two, especially Greek. Boy names don't stand out to me, but I welcome those, too.Some of my favorites are:
Athena
Pandora
Persephone
Helen
Penelope
Lavinia
Ligeia
Isis
Rhea
Silvia
Artemis
Kalliope
Kallisto
Camilla
Daphne
Cybele
Ourania / Urania
Erato
Hecate
Hera
Ianthe
Iphigenia
Ismene
Isolde
For the boys, I like
Ulysses
Odysseus
Orpheus
Orion
Priam
Not usable because of the Furies, but I think Alecto, Megaera, and Tisiphone are very pretty.Any you like? Are they usable? (I attribute my love of the names to my study of literature/mythology in general, so I think it could work.)

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Love Hecate, Anthea and also aphroditie.
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From your list:
Athena --love it
Pandora --like it
Persephone --love it
Helen --love it
Penelope --love it
Lavinia --ok
Ligeia --like it
Isis --love it
Rhea --ok (would probably like it more, but I have a bad association with it)
Silvia --love it
Artemis --love it
Kalliope --love it
Kallisto --love it, and also like Kallista
Camilla --really like it
Daphne --love it
Cybele --like it
Ourania / Urania --like it
Erato --nms
Hecate --nms
Hera --like it
Ianthe --love it
Iphigenia --love it
Ismene --like it
Isolde --like it
Ulysses --like it
Odysseus --ok
Orpheus --nms
Orion --ok
Priam --nms
Not usable because of the Furies, but I think Alecto, Megaera, and Tisiphone are very pretty --agreedI like tons of names from mythology, particularly Greek names. I would be here half the day if I listed my favorites. :)
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My favorite myth names are...
Phaedra
Ariadne
Phoebe
Rhea
Melissa
Victoria
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I love Persephone (I had a beautiful black horse named this when I was younger, but I had to give her up when I moved to Australia), Pandora (this is really growing on me...I think I prefer it as a fn though), Athena, Lavinia (this is one of those names I have always thought is gorgeous, but has never quite edged its way onto my top names), Artemis, Camilla (love the nn Millie) and Isolde.I think all of the ones I have listed a very usable and most on the list are. I think for some of them though they would need an easier nn or mn for them to resort to if need be
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I like:Athena
Pandora
Persephone
Helen (though I prefer Helena)
Penelope
Lavinia
Isis
Silvia (prefer Sylvia)
Artemis (prefer Artemisia)
Kalliope
Daphne
Ianthe
Iphigenia
Ismene
Isolde (prefer Isolda or Izolda)Ulysses
Orion
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Some of my favorites are:
Athena
Pandora
Ligeia - my friend is named this :)
Isis
Artemis
Kalliope & Calliope
Daphne
Urania
Erato
Hecate
Hera
Ianthe
Isolde
For the boys, I like
Ulysses
Odysseus
Orpheus
Orion
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I like:
Lavinia
Ligeia
Isis
Rhea
Silvia
Artemis
Kallisto
Camilla
Daphne
Cybele
IsoldeOdysseus
Orpheus
Orion
Priam
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LOVE RheaI also like:
Helen
Penelope
Silvia (prefer Sylvia, but both are adorable)
Daphne
Cybele
HecateOdysseus
Orion-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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