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[Opinions] Orpheus
I've been thinking about this lately. Not on a real person, but maybe on a character in a book.
What do you think? Any combos?
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I like it. I'd even use it as a mn IRL.
I think it's pretty connected to the Greek one though, so if you're using it as a first name on a character I think the character needs to have some connection as well. Then again, maybe not...
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I don't like it. Too pompous. I like Orfeo, though - that's the form used in my country. (We use Eurydice too - it's spelled Euridice here. Our previous President's mother was named Euridice.)

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I don't particularly like it. Eveb for a character, it's so closely associated with the Orpheus & Euridices story
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I think of Orpheus in the underworld.I don't know what time period you would be thinking of for a book character so here are some different ideas:
Orpheus Alexander
Orpheus Alexis
Orpheus Dylan
Orpheus Edmund
Orpheus Eliot
Orpheus Geoffrey
Orpheus James
Orpheus Leander
Orpheus Percival
Orpheus Philip
Orpheus Ralph
Orpheus Robert
Orpheus Waldo
Orpheus William
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I like the Edmund, Eliot (Though I'd change the spelling to Elliot), Leander and William combos.Did you know Leander is my top boys name?
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For a character, I think it's pretty cool. I would never use it IRL, though, because it reminds me of "orifice".
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Even for a character name, it seems too much. Seems too distinctive, like if Orpheus was a character in one book or series, you could never use the name for any character of yours, like you can't name the gruff old plumber in your new short story Harry Potter.
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Yeah, but I was thinking of a science fiction/fantasy series character, like Morpheus from "The Matrix".
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that's kind of what I meant...Couldn't remember Morpheus, but that's the one. It's fine for a sci-fi character, but after the Matrix, you could never use Morpheus for any other character.
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We better tell the writers of Little Nemo, the Sandman comics, and Resident Evil that the name they picked for their characters was already taken by the Matrix. One Morpheus Limit!
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exactly.Mr
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It's worse on a book character than a person, IMO. On a person it at least shows some conviction. On a character it's just contrived.Anyway, objectively I think it's really neat. I like the Or-. Something kind of disappears into that R. Reminds me of like spinning down into the underworld. I'm also mostly acquainted with this name musicologically so it is very evocative of music and whatnot. Probably also for this reason I prefer Orfeo, which is one of the first operas ever, by Claudio Monteverdi the Magnificent. In this context the name evokes a great set of doors opening - in my mind this is the opera that began the strain of western art music that is my entire life's concentration. La di da.Array used to be really into the name Morpheus and she'd pair it with Michael and I found that very overwhelming. Let's see.George Orpheus - omg B. A. (badass)
Oh it's a good middle name for normalish first names. Not all of them though!
Lucian Orpheus
Frederick Orpheus
Solomon OrpheusOrpheus Benedict - hey, that's a good one! You can't have it.
Orpheus ... Lindenbaum
Orfeo Benedict
Orpheus ... Elgar
Umm
Claudio Orfeo
Orpheus Quill
Orpheus GroveAll right, I'm out.
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George Orpheus makes me think of George Orwell. Which is a good thing. And I think it's a BA names too!Orpheus Benedict is really good... alright, I'll give that one to you :)
Orpheus Grove is nice too.And Orpheus Quill... lol
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And the feminine form of Orfeo, Orfea, is gorgeous as well. :-)
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pref. EurydiceOrpheus is a little much, sorry.
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