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I just got an email from my mom's group announcing a new baby - Odin. This is the second Odin I've come across.
Also I came across a sibling set at daycare - Atlas (b) and Echo (g)
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Also I came across a sibling set at daycare - Atlas (b) and Echo (g)
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Odin is okay and doesn't seem terribly out of place considering all the people who like names like Freya, Athena, Jason and other mythological characters. I like it a lot more than Loki or Apollo, and it is easy to spell and pronounce. Actually, I would sooner use Odin than Oliver because a Norse god of wisdom, art, and war is far more interesting than an olive.
Atlas and Echo are over the top particularly together. As another poster mentioned, they are both also words which make them even more awkward. I can sort of see the whimsical nymph appeal of Echo, but it is usually best to indulge guilty pleasure names on pets.
Atlas and Echo are over the top particularly together. As another poster mentioned, they are both also words which make them even more awkward. I can sort of see the whimsical nymph appeal of Echo, but it is usually best to indulge guilty pleasure names on pets.
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I've met two Odins as well.
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I'm not a fan of Odin at all, it's sound doesn't appeal to me.
Atlas and Echo are too much as siblings, each name on it's own is fine though.
Atlas and Echo are too much as siblings, each name on it's own is fine though.
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"Odin sounds odious" just rolls off the tongue, doesn't it? I can't warm to it. I'd much rather hear of a sibset named Atlas and Echo than yet another Liam and Bella (or something if that variety), even if they sound like sci-fi names.
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Atlas & Echo's parents are probably hipsters who think they're being very clever. I imagine they eat lots of kale...
Odin is pretty cool, though, and like the OP I have noticed a rise in popularity of mythological names (particularly Scandinavian - I'm coming across Freya even in the states).
Odin is pretty cool, though, and like the OP I have noticed a rise in popularity of mythological names (particularly Scandinavian - I'm coming across Freya even in the states).
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Don't knock super-healthy foods :)
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And Athena! Of course, she was Greek mythology, but still...
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I know about a girl who has a little Odin. By and by you see the name Odin (or the Swedish form Oden) being used here. I think it's pompous. There are better names from Norse Mythology, such as Thor and Frej.
Atlas is not a good idea.
I have a soft spot for Echo, but I wouldn't use it. I guess she would have to hear "Echo...cho...cho..." all her life.
Atlas is not a good idea.
I have a soft spot for Echo, but I wouldn't use it. I guess she would have to hear "Echo...cho...cho..." all her life.
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What makes Thor and Frej better names than Odin? Isn't it just as good to be associated with wisdom as with strength or virility? Given the associations with phallic fertility Frej might come across as a much stranger choice. In some ways, Thor seems even more conspicuous given the current popularity of the Marvel superhero.
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Hi !!!
I agree with you Caprice!!!!
I love the myth of Echo & Narcissus but it is actually a tragedy so a girl named echo could be quite sad...wonderful, but sad. And Echo (written eco) is a word and I know that few people who I will meet would firstly think about the myth...I love mythology but not everybody have the same interest.
I'm interested in what you said about Oden.
You are right! Also in Italy if you meet an Atena or Demetra is very strange and also rare. But other mythological names are more common anyway.
Byeeeeeeeeeee
I agree with you Caprice!!!!
I love the myth of Echo & Narcissus but it is actually a tragedy so a girl named echo could be quite sad...wonderful, but sad. And Echo (written eco) is a word and I know that few people who I will meet would firstly think about the myth...I love mythology but not everybody have the same interest.
I'm interested in what you said about Oden.
You are right! Also in Italy if you meet an Atena or Demetra is very strange and also rare. But other mythological names are more common anyway.
Byeeeeeeeeeee
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I had a co-worker who named his son T.yr. I think it's awesome. He later had a daughter too and named her Ey.ra. (punctuation because I don't want him to be able to find this is he googles his children's names).
I admire that sibset very much, though it would be even better if they had kept the Eira-spelling.
I admire that sibset very much, though it would be even better if they had kept the Eira-spelling.
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I can't say I like Odin. It just doesn't have a nice sound.
However, I love Atlas and Echo. I don't think they sound stupid or pretentious. Mythology names are becoming more mainstream and I am a sucker for word names.
I have never known an Atlas but I have known two women named Echo. One is in her midthirties and the other in her late fifties. They both love their names and get nothing but compliments.
However, I love Atlas and Echo. I don't think they sound stupid or pretentious. Mythology names are becoming more mainstream and I am a sucker for word names.
I have never known an Atlas but I have known two women named Echo. One is in her midthirties and the other in her late fifties. They both love their names and get nothing but compliments.
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I dislike Odin and Atlas. They sounds very... try-hard uber-masculine. I love Echo. I love girls names ending in -o... (although with this particular one, because it's also a word, I would be more inclined to use it as a middle or on a pet) and I am a pretentious geek as other comments have rightfully assumed. That's completely spot-on.
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I'm a pretentious geek, too. :-D My cats are Pluto (Edgar Allan Poe), Jasper (Jasper Fforde, author of Thursday Next) and Zeta (last letter of the alphabet.) I grew up with an unusual first name and an even more unusual surname and spent years explaining both. I want to spare my child that pain, although I find myself explaining Miriam quite often.
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http://www.online-literature.com/poe/24/
I read the story ONCE and was throughly disturbed by it, but Alexander enjoyed it. He always wanted a black cat named Pluto. There wasn't even any discussion about the name. He was Pluto before we left the shelter.
I read the story ONCE and was throughly disturbed by it, but Alexander enjoyed it. He always wanted a black cat named Pluto. There wasn't even any discussion about the name. He was Pluto before we left the shelter.
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I read literature.com a lot. I like reading about obscure authors no one has ever heard of. :)
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I'll look at the website. I just suddenly a Google search for the story and that's the link that came up. :-D
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It's fun. Like I said, they have a lot of obscure authors from the past who wrote eyeroll-y, moralist crap, and it's fun to read about them. I get a kick out of it, anyway.
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Ahh wow, your cats names are congruous and pretty, I love Pluto! Mine are all weird and don't go to together lol (Nutmeg, Sundae, and Drusilla).
I know that pain, at least partially. My first name is err was common but my last name is a mess.
That's weird you have to explain Miriam (which is gorgeous btw), I would have guessed that it's one of those names that isn't "too" popular but has been in very steady usage for a long time and that most in the west would be familiar with it.
I know that pain, at least partially. My first name is err was common but my last name is a mess.
That's weird you have to explain Miriam (which is gorgeous btw), I would have guessed that it's one of those names that isn't "too" popular but has been in very steady usage for a long time and that most in the west would be familiar with it.
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I didn't name them. :-D
I should put that out there. :-D If it had been up to me Zeta would have been Fluffyboots. I wanted to name Jasper Louie. So there ya go. :-D
I should put that out there. :-D If it had been up to me Zeta would have been Fluffyboots. I wanted to name Jasper Louie. So there ya go. :-D
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I think Fluffyboots would work as a middle maybe. Zeta Fluffyboots, very smart sounding. :)
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Zeta Bacon Fluffyboots
That's her full name. My niece's helped name her.
Our other cats are Pluto B Coldwater Jones, Jasper Dash Fforde, and Pedro El Gato, nn Pete. We are nuts.
That's her full name. My niece's helped name her.
Our other cats are Pluto B Coldwater Jones, Jasper Dash Fforde, and Pedro El Gato, nn Pete. We are nuts.
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Those names are perfect!!!
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I think Atlas is very stately.
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The only one I like is Atlas but that's because I'm pretentious.
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Odin is gaining popularity. I know 2 of them.
Atlas and Echo sound stereotypically "trashy."
Atlas and Echo sound stereotypically "trashy."
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I totally disagree with the trashy statement.
Atlas and Echo to me are pretentious geeks - they want everyone to see how intelligent they are.
And really - how many times have you gotten after others for using 'trashy?'
Atlas and Echo to me are pretentious geeks - they want everyone to see how intelligent they are.
And really - how many times have you gotten after others for using 'trashy?'
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Right. That would make those naming them trashy.
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I like Odin: not only is it short and simple, but there are also few masculine names starting with O- (or at least, few that aren't stuffy or unattractive), so it's nice and refreshing to see an O- name being used for a newborn boy. However, in addition to all of this, I must admit to being a little bit biased, as not only am I interested in Norse mythology (and Germanic mythology as well), but I also have a second cousin (born in July 2010) who is called Odin. :)
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YASSSSSSSSSSSSSS another Odin fan!!!!! lol
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yes, they are stupid ...
Especially together; they sound like software or computer parts.
Especially together; they sound like software or computer parts.
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I knew some Orions in DC, not any here. Mythology names seem to be big, though - I come across them all the time.
And yes, I agree with Atlas & Echo. I get that they are names from mythology, however, they are common words. At least Echo is; Atlas not so much. I was helping my niece with her homework and went to get an atlas. She had never used one before.
And yes, I agree with Atlas & Echo. I get that they are names from mythology, however, they are common words. At least Echo is; Atlas not so much. I was helping my niece with her homework and went to get an atlas. She had never used one before.
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