Message: "Persephone..." - Behind the Name

[Opinions] Persephone...

by SallyJayne

8/8/2006, 10:16 AM

Is it ok to use or should it remain a guilty pleasure? Any good mn suggestions?

#Persephone

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- Marija Luminitsa

8/8/2006, 9:09 PM

I love it, but it's one of those names I wouldn't use (personally), but I would love to see it out there. :)

¡VIVA ESPAÑA!

- Ciarda

8/8/2006, 12:19 PM

Persephone is lovely!

- Leona

8/8/2006, 11:28 AM

I love Persephone, and I don't see anything wrong with using it. It's beautiful.

♥Leona♥
Do you believe?

- Soul (guest)

8/8/2006, 10:51 AM

Hmm... I don't think it's unusable. It's eccentric and a bold choice for a name, but not really a guilty pleasure. I personally couldn't use it, though, since "perse" means "ass" in my language :-)

MN suggestions (the names can also be flipped):

Persephone Judith
Persephone Evie
Persephone Iris
Persephone Aria
Persephone Clara
Persephone Wren
Persephone Louise
Persephone Eva
Persephone Juliet
Persephone Ada
Persephone Iseult
Persephone Vera
Persephone Imogen
Persephone Mona
Persephone Lovisa
Persephone Yvette
Persephone Sara
Persephone Violet
Persephone Holly
Persephone Amabel
Persephone Constance
Persephone Tia
Persephone Odile
Persephone Faye
Persephone Elise

- Adelle (Adelle Sofia) +8

8/8/2006, 10:26 AM

I really like it. It's on my list of favorites. Persy or Sephie would be cute NNs. Maybe Pippa as a NN, too. (well, Phillipa / Philippa have the Ph and P sounds in it, so why not?) I really like Pippa for it, actually.

Persephone Louise
Persephone Adelle
Persephone Clare
Persephone Pandora Penelope (Yes, it's a mouthful, but it's it melodic?) :)
Persephone Delphina
Persephone Sophia
Persephone Ophelia
Persephone Seraphina (What can I say? I like -ph- sounds.)
Persephone Nereida

Or as a MN (which I think is lovely, too)

Margot Persephone
Aurelia Persephone
Viola Persephone
Katherine Persephone
Edith Persephone
Helene Persephone
Nereida Persephone
Persephone Proserpina (hehe)

Any you like?

What are the convulsions of a city in comparison with the insurrections of the soul?
Man is a depth still greater than the people.

This message was edited 8/8/2006, 10:29 AM

- SallyJayne +7

8/8/2006, 10:33 AM

I think the nn Sephie is lovely.

I like Persephone Clare and Persephone Pandora (though I probably wouldn't have Penelope as well).

I think the combo Aurelia Persephone sounds very elegant!

- Starla (Starla-Marie_1993)

8/8/2006, 2:13 PM

I have to agree, I appsolutly adore, this enigmatic, salubrious, and sadly forgotten appelative! I plan to use Persephone when I have conceived a girl in a decade or so. And since I live in Canada, even if Persephone creeps up to the Popularity Charts in America, I doubt that it will ever be used up there. Canadian parents perfer Sara, Jessica, Emily and...CHLOE!!!

I personally think that the name Chloe is atrotious, and I am confused that parents choose this name Greek over Cynthia, Demetria, Ariadne, Athena, and Alexandria which seem better than that hackenyed fad to the moon and back.

Why do you think that Chloe has gotten SOOO popular in Canada and America suddenly? Please help me! I seem "conpuzzled".

~*STARLA-MARIE*~
Hope itself, is like a star. Not to be seen in the light of prosperity; and only to be seen in the night of adversity...

This message was edited 8/8/2006, 2:14 PM

- Starla (Starla-Marie_1993) +1

8/8/2006, 2:12 PM

Why do you think that Chloe has gotten SOOO popular in Canada and America suddenly? Please help me! I seem "conpuzzled".

~*STARLA-MARIE*~
Hope itself, is like a star. Not to be seen in the light of prosperity; and only to be seen in the night of adversity...

- Adelle (Adelle Sofia)

8/8/2006, 2:58 PM

What are the convulsions of a city in comparison with the insurrections of the soul?
Man is a depth still greater than the people.

This message was edited 8/8/2006, 3:00 PM

- Adelle (Adelle Sofia) +3

8/8/2006, 10:33 AM

Thanks. Glad you like them. :)

I'm all about bringing Greek myth names back to the mainstream. And by mainstream I mean they don't get looked at funny but not popular because that would ruin them for me. :P

What are the convulsions of a city in comparison with the insurrections of the soul?
Man is a depth still greater than the people.

This message was edited 8/8/2006, 10:34 AM

- SallyJayne +2

8/8/2006, 10:39 AM

I agree, another Greek myth gp of mine is Antigone.

- Britney (BritneyTamber) +1

8/8/2006, 11:05 AM

Athena is my absolute favorite.

Persephone Athena?

Britney Tamber
dh Adam Jeffrey

- SallyJayne

8/8/2006, 11:07 AM

That's lovely! Athena is a beautiful name.

- Sarah (slbond)

8/8/2006, 10:25 AM

I love this one, but I don't know that I could see it as a real child's first name, if only because of the lack of a decent nickname (and four syllables is awfully long not to have any nickname at all).

From your favorites, I like:

Persephone Arielle
Persephone Brooke
Persephone Laine
Persephone Mae
Persephone Rose
Persephone Summer

And the other way around:

Olivia Persephone
Brooke Persephone
Grace Persephone

-- Sarah

- Britney (BritneyTamber) +3

8/8/2006, 10:24 AM

I fear she may be called Percy. Other nn's?

Britney Tamber
dh Adam Jeffrey

- Array (WeloveyouJesseLacey) +2

8/8/2006, 10:28 AM

Persephone nns

Posy
Poni
Ponette
Sephie
Peppi
Eppie
Effie
Puff
Nini
Peri
Seven
Persa
Seppi
Fifi
Pip

Etc, etc. :)

Array

We shall be free.
A revolution without dancing is a revolution not worth having.

This message was edited 8/8/2006, 10:28 AM

- SallyJayne

8/8/2006, 10:35 AM

I think Posy, Sephie, Peppi and Seppi are really cute nn's.

- Adelle (Adelle Sofia)

8/8/2006, 10:30 AM

Whew! I like a lot of those. Really, the possibilities are endless! (Well, maybe not, but you know what I mean.)

What are the convulsions of a city in comparison with the insurrections of the soul?
Man is a depth still greater than the people.

- Array (WeloveyouJesseLacey) +1

8/8/2006, 10:19 AM

I think it's gorgeous, and if Penelope's not too long and difficult, it shouldn't be, either.

Persephone June
Persephone Brooke
Persephone Freya
Persephone Mae
Persephone Grace
Persephone Lain
Persephone Rose

Array

We shall be free.
A revolution without dancing is a revolution not worth having.

- SallyJayne

8/8/2006, 10:24 AM

Thanks for the suggestions. I love Persephone Grace and Persephone Rose.

- Jacqueline (patchy)

8/8/2006, 10:17 AM

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