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Mythology - Greek, Roman, Nordic, Celtic (including Arthurian legend), Sumerian, etc. - used to be my bread and butter in terms of name tastes, particularly for feminine names. Many of them (if not most) are impractical for everyday life, but some can fit right in.

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Hera is currently in my Top 10, after having "GP" status for a long time. Her character isn't exactly the greatest (vengeful wife of a perpetual philanderer), and there seems to be some confusion regarding the pronunciation (British English is apparently HEE-rah, though I use HAIR-ah which is closer to the Greek). But it's only four letters, and soft / tender without being weak or insipid.

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Luna is another one. This one quickly began to appeal to me after my dismissal of it for many years. I don't usually think of it as a mythological name so much as the name of our moon (which is why I almost forgot her in this post), but she was a figure in the myths of Ancient Rome.

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