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Anyone think I shouldn't name my daughter Hypatia Artemis? Other suggestions?
"Marie Houck" wrote in message
... I don't think Katherine Hepburn ever married, and she has the added benefit of having played scandalously strong women on screen. And she spelled her name "Katharine," which is an unusual spelling if you're going for unusual. (OT: Hey, Marie, great to see you again!) Best, Ann |
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Anyone think I shouldn't name my daughter Hypatia Artemis? Other suggestions?
"Robyn Kozierok" wrote in message ... In article , 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. Personally, I don't think Hypatia rolls off the tongue very easily. I like Artemis, but especially if you decide to go with it for a first name, you might want to be aware of the Artemis Fowl books where the title character is an approximately 12yo boy (though he does mention in the first book, I think, that Artemis is really a female name). That said, whatever you name your child, your horrified parents will get used to it, and eventually they won't be able to imagine her having any other name. Of course, I named my boys very common names, so you might not be interested in my opinion. Good luck with the pregnancy and with settling on a name! There's a book (The Ship Who Searched, by Anne McCaffery) with a character named Hypatia, who goes by Tia-which seems to work well. There's several places where the precocious main character, as a young child, explains the derivation of her name. To this sci-fi buff, that's actually a stronger association than the original. --Robyn (mommy to Ryan 9/93 and Matthew 6/96 and Evan 3/01) |
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Anyone think I shouldn't name my daughter Hypatia Artemis? Other suggestions?
Ann Porter writes:
I don't think Katherine Hepburn ever married, and she has the added benefit of having played scandalously strong women on screen. And she spelled her name "Katharine," which is an unusual spelling if you're going for unusual. Unfortunately (?), she was married from 1927 to 1934. It's not clear if the OPs "name of a strong, unmarried woman" includes women who got married and then got unmarried. David desJardins |
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Anyone think I shouldn't name my daughter Hypatia Artemis? Other suggestions?
Banty wrote in message ...
In article , Bev Brandt says... Banty wrote in message ... 'Artemis' is a better-known mythological figure, and no obvious reason to tease about it comes to mind. So make that the first name. Banty "Artemis-fartemis." Well, you can rhyme anything. Ah well, as someone said. They all get teased. Don't know how many Beverly Hillbilly references I've heard in my life. And don't get me started on the whole "beaver" thing... I so think 'Artemis' works better as the first name. Or, as someone else said, maybe names are so different these days that teasing is starting to get boring for the kids. I recently asked my oldest about some of the more unique names in his 2nd grade class. When I indicated that a name was unusual, he looked at me like I had 2 heads. So maybe it really doesn't matter any more. My oldest has recently discovered that he has a last name as a first name. And it's the same last name as a famous older comedian. Right now he thinks it's cool. We shall see. My daughter's name is a font. Someone'll figure that out someday, I'm sure. She might not be too happy. (It's also the name of an ancient Greek poetess, so it could balance out.) 'Helvetica Brandt'? Hopefully not "WingDings Brandt' :-) Although I LOVE WingDings as a name, I'm guessing it might be Ariel. It couldn't Times New Roman. :-) Marjorie Youngest has a "normal" name. He might end up being the odd man out because of that. I know a couple who named their first two children John and Mary. Both family names which mean a lot to them. But one of their favorite stories to recount is about their friend who said 'baby-naming books were wasted on you'. I have a friend who took 3 FULL weeks after the birth to come up with the names John and Michael for her twins. She swears she just didn't know who was who for a while, but really....John and Michael? :-) Marjorie Banty |
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Anyone think I shouldn't name my daughter Hypatia Artemis? Other suggestions?
On Thu, 13 Nov 2003 06:36:10 EST, in article
, said... Elizabeth Gardner wrote in message ... In article , (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. snip I keep waiting to see if anyone mentions that Artemis is now a very "in" book character and he's a *boy*. snip I haven't read any of the Artemis Fowler books you mentioned, but I feel that Artemis Gordon (of the 60s-era "Wild, Wild West" TV show) cracked that barrier. Since the name doesn't end with the letter "a", I suspect that it doesn't "sound" female to a lot of people. Unlike, say ... -- (Mr) Dana Netherton Default address is a spam dump. Use it, and I'll never see it. To reach me, e-mail: dana 1 netherton 2 net, where "1" = at, and "2" = dot |
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Anyone think I shouldn't name my daughter Hypatia Artemis? Othersuggestions?
"andrea baker" wrote in message
om... 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. Although I think I am of the minority I LOVE Hypatia. I think it is a beautiful name and had no thoughts of medical conditions when I read it LOL Artemis is also a good name and they sound good together. It seems that the likelihood of teasing for strange/usual names is declining. After all the names I come across at my children's school are far from the norm( well the norm when I was a child) and I hear of no reports of name teasing, other teasing yes unfortunately. -- Jenn -WAHM -DS Feb'02 -DD Feb'97 -Jellybean due June 25/04 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 |
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Anyone think I shouldn't name my daughter Hypatia Artemis? Other suggestions?
Louise wrote in message . ..
On Tue, 11 Nov 2003 19:04:21 EST, (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? For what it's worth, and PMJI, but I find the more exotic names are much better accepted when the child is surrounded by diversity. I teach in an inner city high school and the range of unusual and somewhat unpronouncable names is amazing. But all these "unusual" names FIT the kid they're attached too. So, we don't get teasing and bullying. But if your daughter is going to be surrounded by one primary sociogroup where your chosen names are eyebrow raisers, how much explaining and defending of +your+ decision do you want your daughter to have to do? Not that I ever want to increase the number of Brittany, Ambers and Tiffanys...but........what about plain old strong women names, married or not? My mother was a strong, unmarried woman at one point in her life, as was my husband's mother. So we gave our second son their unmarried names. (Bernadette Marion was a bit too weird for an infant boy....but Ryan Brown sounded great to us. Regards, and what a lovely dilemma you have to solve. Mazel Tov. Allison (God's truthful one) |
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