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Help[Opinions] Re: Artemis for a boy
in reply to a message by Dianatiger
I think the Artemis spelling for boys is actually used more than Artemas or Artemus.
It's basically just shortened from Artemisio / Artemisios, as masculine.
I notice I do like goddess derived/honoring masculine names - Dmitri, Junius, Artemas (Artemidoros), Gaius, etc
...and god derived feminine names can be cool, like Zenobia.
I prefer the Artemas spelling mainly because the *mas reminds me of holidays. :)
I often feel like ancient deity names are too on the nose (or symbolically heavy), when used for the same gender. I feel that way about Artemis and Gaia, for girls. I guess I also like when boys are named after their mothers/aunts/grandmothers instead just getting a copy of their dad's name.
I'm fine with unisex names. To me, surnames-as-FNs seem inherently unisex, lots of word names seem unisex, and some shortened versions of names seem unisex.
I'm fine with gendered names being used for opposite gender, especially if they're honoring (I have a unisex honoring MN - I'm female and the spelling is the traditionally masculine one, and I've always liked it; another example would be the tradition of giving Maria as a masculine MN). I think if people do that, it should be for an actual reason, though - like, it enhances the personal meaning/identity/connection.
Sometimes names bestowed in an opposite-gender way do come across as thoughtless/flaky/trendy to me. Like, someone suggested Odin for a girl (just because it sounded cool?), and that seemed comic book like or kitschy/subversive to me.
It's basically just shortened from Artemisio / Artemisios, as masculine.
I notice I do like goddess derived/honoring masculine names - Dmitri, Junius, Artemas (Artemidoros), Gaius, etc
...and god derived feminine names can be cool, like Zenobia.
I prefer the Artemas spelling mainly because the *mas reminds me of holidays. :)
I often feel like ancient deity names are too on the nose (or symbolically heavy), when used for the same gender. I feel that way about Artemis and Gaia, for girls. I guess I also like when boys are named after their mothers/aunts/grandmothers instead just getting a copy of their dad's name.
I'm fine with unisex names. To me, surnames-as-FNs seem inherently unisex, lots of word names seem unisex, and some shortened versions of names seem unisex.
I'm fine with gendered names being used for opposite gender, especially if they're honoring (I have a unisex honoring MN - I'm female and the spelling is the traditionally masculine one, and I've always liked it; another example would be the tradition of giving Maria as a masculine MN). I think if people do that, it should be for an actual reason, though - like, it enhances the personal meaning/identity/connection.
Sometimes names bestowed in an opposite-gender way do come across as thoughtless/flaky/trendy to me. Like, someone suggested Odin for a girl (just because it sounded cool?), and that seemed comic book like or kitschy/subversive to me.
This message was edited 2/4/2021, 2:48 PM
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