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[Opinions] Circe
What do you think of this Greek Mythology name? I think it makes a nice GP filler. :P It's rarely mentioned, even here.Any combo ideas?
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I've actually met someone with this name. She's a cousin of a friend of mine. She was actually really impressed that I not only knew how to pronounce her name, but also new where it came from.
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I'm not a fan, the English pronunciation doesn't make any sense and reminds me of circumcision.
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...A witch who turns people into pigs, not thanks.I think this name looks better than it sounds. I suppose it could be cool to a non-Latin student who didn't translate Circe's story.
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AgreedThe mythological character is negative enough to dissuade me. Also, in George R.R. Martin series, "A Song of Ice and Fire," there is a major character with a very similar name. It's spelled differently, but I think Martin may have drawn inspiration from Circe. (It's pronounced "Ser-see" in the audio books of this series.) Anyway, she's not the nicest person.
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Pretty name. I'd like to see a little Circe someday.
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I love Circe! People say it reminds them of "circumcision", but I still think it's cool.Circe Athena
Circe Daphne
Circe Andromeda
Circe Theodora
Circe Thalia
Circe Amanda
Circe Althea
Circe Minerva
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I love:Circe Athena (and I'm not usually an Athena fan)
Circe Andromeda (wow)
Circe Althea
Circe Minerva
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I love Circe. There was a bit of a flap a while back about the pronunciation of Circe, "SEER-see" v. "KEER-kee." Perhaps that's why folks are a little wary of it. Or not. I've always heard it as "SEER-see:"Circe Michaela
Circe Damaris
Circe Miranda
Circe Isobel
Circe Hesper (= setting sun)
Circe Hestia
Circe Hepzibah
Circe Mehetabel
Circe Imogen
Circe Evelina
Circe Mirabel (= miracle in Latin, kind of ironic with witchy Circe)
Circe Justina
Circe Freya
Circe Delphine
Circe Kestrel (all kinds of imagery there)Helena Circe
Lydia Circe
Eliana Circe
Nereida Circe
Philippa Circe
Ioanna Circe ("yo-AH-nuh")
Roxane Circe
Miriam / Maryam Circe
Alexandra Circe
Apollonia Circe
Lavinia CirceYou like? A similar name you might like is Cybele, "SIB-uh-lee."

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I've never understood that pronunciation, since the Greek original name is spelled with a K.
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Cynthia is supposed to be spelled Kynthia in the original Greek too, according to BtN database. But it's evolved over time too. I agree the K spelling should have been retained. But given it has not, and Circe has entered the lexicon with a "c," it's not difficult for me to see how the "s" pronunciation has taken root.
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Well, I can see how it happened (English pronunciation being what it is), but I still like the Greek way better.
This is one of the reasons I hate names spelled with a C in English, you never know how it's pronounced (just take Cynthia, Chloe, Charles, Charlotte...).
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Yes. We are definitely not a user-friendly language, pronunciation-wise. I've often thought how impossible it would be for me to try to learn it as a second language.
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Well, to be fair the grammar is a lot simpler than Croatian (we have gender, 7 cases, more tenses, etc.), but our pronunciation and spelling are a breeze for foreign learners.
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Circe Ophelia is terrific. Nice one.
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