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Greek Mythology?
So I have never been huge on Greek on mythological names but I have found myself crushing big time on Damaris and Athena lately. Any other names you all really like from this pool of names? I feel like I have over looked some gems.
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Love Greek mythology. In fact, most of my baby names come from Greek mythology.
Persephone
Athena
Achilles
Atlas
Odysseus
Olympia
Pandora
Ariadne
Evadne
Niobe
Orpheus
Hera
Aeson
Zephyrus
Zephyr
Hades
Calliope
Callista
Calypso
Heracles
Prometheus
Poseidon
Echo

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I like Bear am not sure that these are all strictly mythological figures but these are my favorites...Ismene (big surprise huh)
Antigone
Jocasta
Merope
Metope
Calliope
Calista
Clio
Hera
Gaia
Aglaia
Athena
Persephone
Penelope
Phaedra
Hippolyta
Hermione
Arcadia
Thea / Theia
Daphne
Olymia
Megara
Selene
Astrea
Electra / Elettra
Cressida
Circe
Ithaca
Evadne
Nyx
Sibyl
Hestia
Hesper
Naida
Briseis
Aura
Lilaia
Althea
Hecuba
Lotis
Nike
Ligeia
Galene
Pandia
Chione
Eirene
Thessaly
Larissa
Anthea
AndromedaAeson
Pan
Atlas
Ares
Jason
Triton
Priam
Icarus
Dorian
Castor
Pollux
Paris
Theron
Leander
Orion
Damon
Zephyr
...yeah a lot of those are probably a stretch

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A few of my favourite Greek Mythology names:Celandine
Melete
Thalassa
Euryphaëssa
Lysistrata
Eris
Arachne
Delia
Chloris
Korë (Kore)
Clio
Klytië (Klytie)
Ilithyia
Io
Leda
Helene
Hero
Ianthe
Iris
Medea (I really like this name, and even though the story is awful, I still wonder if it's useable. Maybe in the middle?)
Circe
Pyrrha
Terpsichore
Tisiphone
Medusa
Teucer
Linus
Ganymede
Nestor
Hector
Perseus
Priam
Hercules
Ajax
Agamemnon
Hermes
Patroclus
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Madea- I think of Tyler Perry's Madea first. I had to look up the story of Madea for one of my lit classes in college because no one knew it. I have the feeling that most people will think of A Mad Black Woman first as well.
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If I listed all of the names from Greek mythology that I loved I might break the internet. It is an endless pool of "wow." I didn't know Damaris was from mytholgy. That just adds another layer of love on top of it for me. :-) As a child I loved Leda, Hermione and Iphigenia (still do). My dh and I once had a discussion about using Antigone as a name for a dd. Others I go gaga for:Artemis (and Artemisia), Parthenope, Gaia, Circe, Niobe ("NIE-uh-bee"), Jocasta (I don't care about the story, it's still a great name), Clio, Sibyl, Cybele ("SIB-uh-lee"), Ariadne, Demeter (and Demetria), Europa, Io, Persephone, Olympia (cheating a bit), Astraia (see Astraea), Daphne, Phaedra (does Greek tragedy count too?), Orphea, Callisto, Calliope, Helen, Hesper, Maia, Parthenia, Nyx, Thisbe, Eurydice, Hestia, Terpsichore ("terp-SIC-uh-ree"), Thalia, Urania / Ourania, Polyhymnia, Cassandra, Penelope, Amalthea (nn Molly?), Dido, Galatea, Hermia, Leto;

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She's a Biblical Greek, so she's actually not. I've just come to find it a "simply" fabulous Greek name. I really love a lot from your list, thank you! I wish I could come to love Artemis too though, in time.
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