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(andrea baker) wrote:

Hi folks,

I'm thinking of Hypatia (after Hypatia of Alexandria) for my
daughter's first name, and Artemis (after the Greek Goddess of the
Hunt) for a second name. My parents are horrified, and think she'll
be teased. I thought if she doesn't like Hypatia, she can use "Patty"
for short. For reasons personal to me, it's important to give her the
name of a strong, unmarried woman.

Who else thinks this is just an invitation for bullying, or thinks
that there are other compelling reasons not to use these names?

Any other suggestions for strong, unmarried female namesakes?

-Andrea Baker


My daughter's second-grade class is filled with long flowy girls' names
like Gabriela, Giuliana, and Anastasia (two of those!). As far as I can
tell, there's no longer any distinction between normal names and weird
names. I don't think there's anything wrong with Hypatia as a name
(except that I dimly recollect there being a famous porn star or
stripper by that name), but if her last name is going to be Baker, I
think Artemis scans better as a first name. Also, it's slightly easier
to spell.

You might just Google Hypatia quickly (with a few different possible
spellings) to see who else has it, because with an unusual name like
that, people might make a connection. Wouldn't hurt to do it for
Artemis, too.

Kids can give grief over just about any name if they've decided to
victimize its owner, so I wouldn't worry about that.

Just my $.02.