Message: "Hecuba" - Behind the Name

[Opinions] Hecuba

by noel (glaucous)

5/9/2018, 4:10 PM

I've always low-key liked it, and it came to mind recently, probably because I've been liking Hypatia and Hector.

I created a poll for it a few days ago: http://www.behindthename.com/polls/290787

What would you think if you met someone named Hecuba?

#Hecuba

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- Ruta (XironDarkstar)

5/10/2018, 4:39 PM

I like Hekabe better, though Hecuba sounds very interesting and sweet and I think it would be a great name for a character.

- Wordsmith

5/10/2018, 10:10 AM

I looove Hecuba! I majored in Latin & Ancient Greek, though, so that's not surprising. I would probably be dumbfounded if I met a Hecuba in real life; I would surely effuse about her name.

That said, I think I prefer Creusa to Hecuba.

- Genevieve

5/10/2018, 7:43 AM

I would think her parents were classicists who enjoyed Homer and were bold with their naming.

I dislike the sound. I don't like the "cube" part.

- Septapus (Buneary)

5/10/2018, 6:09 AM

I'd probably think her parents were pretentious intellectual types.

I don't like the way Hecuba sounds. It reminds me of the words succubus and incubus. (Come to think of it, Hecuba would be a good name for a succubus.)

This message was edited 5/10/2018, 6:10 AM

- Anneza

5/10/2018, 12:24 AM

"What did you say your name was?" "You're Hecuba? The heck you are!"

And in my head I'd be thinking "Good grief, it's actually worse than Ophelia."

This message was edited 5/10/2018, 12:25 AM

- Gracie (YMPvt) +1

5/9/2018, 8:42 PM

Hecuba is kind of awesome. It definitely has that witch vibe to it, perhaps because it reminds me of Tituba (one of the accused at Salem) and sounds a bit like Hex, which would make a hilarious yet cool nickname.

I would be excited to see Hecuba, but only because it's unusual. I wouldn't quite know what to make of her parents choice.

- noel (glaucous)

5/10/2018, 7:05 AM

I mainly associate it with geometry and Hamlet.

It's interesting to me that several people think of witches, but I'd guess that's related to...
-it sounds similar to Hecate and Hephzibah, both of which I do associate with witches
-hec sounds like heck aka hell
-Hecuba from the Iliad was a tragic figure
-it's rare and mythological

I like Hecuba nn Hex for a cat or a goat...it's about the right mix of dignified and mischievious.

This message was edited 5/10/2018, 7:21 AM

- Cayden (theparkite)

5/9/2018, 7:25 PM

I’m not a big fan of it. It has no meaning and the sound is a bit awkward imo.

- RoxStar

5/9/2018, 5:52 PM

I'd refuse any food she might offer me, and I'd keep an eye out for snakes and toads. The name sounds like a wicked witch's name ...
Or a mangling of the pseudo-swear heckuva.

- queenv +5

5/9/2018, 4:13 PM

That she is a Satanist and changed her name to Hecuba because she is a Satanist. Sounds really witchy.

- noel (glaucous) +4

5/9/2018, 7:20 PM

question

Which of these would you say is closest to her style...

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This message was edited 5/9/2018, 8:27 PM

- noel (glaucous)

5/10/2018, 9:12 AM

Hecuba to me would be most like A, C, F
Hecate or Hephzibah would be more D, E, G

I'd pick something else as a name for B, like...Perish, Pasiphae, Bridget.

This message was edited 5/10/2018, 9:48 AM

- queenv

5/10/2018, 4:28 AM

I'm going with G. Runner up, C. She's more serious about it than A, B, E, and F, but not as serious as D.

This message was edited 5/10/2018, 4:29 AM

- molly

5/9/2018, 10:44 PM

ahahahaha

- Gracie (YMPvt)

5/9/2018, 8:38 PM

The Lisa Frank-style one cracks me up.

I know I'm not queenv, but I would have Hecuba wear G.

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