Greek alphabet

[th3-unicorn.livejournal.com]

Which of these would you consider as names? Boy or girl?

Alpha
Beta
Gamma
Delta
Epsilon
Zeta (Dseh-tah)
Eta (Eh-tah)
Theta
Iota (Yaw-tah)
Kappa
Lambda (LAHM-da)
Mi (Mee)
Ni (Nee)
Xi (Ksee)
Omicron (OM-ee-cron)
Pi (Pee)
Rho (Raw)
Sigma (Seeg-mah)
Tau (Tah-oo)
Upsilon (You-psee-lon)
Phi (Phee)
Chi (Kee)
Psi (Psee)
Omega (OM-ay-gah)

WDYT?

Comments

[icebyrd67.livejournal.com]

i've always heard Xi pronounced as "sigh"...what happen to Nu?

and no, i wouldn't use any of these as a name. too many sorority/fraternity related jokes.

[http://users.livejournal.com/ksiezniczka_/]

It's properly pronounced Ksee like the OP has it.

[in-the-starlite.livejournal.com]

Where did you get the pronunciations for these?

[th3-unicorn.livejournal.com]

They're the original greek pronounciations

[how-obscure.livejournal.com]

While I wouldn't use any of them, the ones that I could most realistically see being used are: Zeta (f), Eta (f), Theta (f), and Omega (f).

[velkoria.livejournal.com]

I have a character in RP named Omicron, and another Sigma and a good friend is Epsilon.... Delta is also in there and so is Gamma so I would never use them on a kid... the characters aren't the snest people out there...

[th3-unicorn.livejournal.com]

I quite like Alpha and Delta. Beta would make a cool nickname for Elizabeth, in place of Beth.

I also like the sound of Lambda, but the spelling is too complicated.

[arbus.livejournal.com]

i wouldnt use any.

but i have seen delta as a name, obviously.

[mrandmrschippy.livejournal.com]

BBC chart showing the English, Modern & Ancient Greek pronuncations

(http://s271.photobucket.com/albums/jj157/mrandmrschippy/misc/?action=view&current=BBC-h2g2-TheGreekAlphabet_122625614.png)

[0o-faerie.livejournal.com]

I'd only consider rho...as a nickname. And probably spelled Ro and pronounced like 'roe' ;)

Apart from iota, rho & upsilon, I learned to pronounce them in the same way you do, by the way.

[girlsteve.livejournal.com]

None are my style, but I could see Delta as a name. I could also potentially see Theta, but maybe only from a hardcore Doctor Who fan :)

[supertrink.livejournal.com]

one of my high school teachers has a daughter named omega. they call her meg for short. i think it's cute!

[freezemyazaleas.livejournal.com]

I like Sigma and Kappa, but I could be biased because they are the letters of my sorority.

[samaside.livejournal.com]

None unless it's for a hurricane or a Doctor Who fanfic.

[gregariouspeach.livejournal.com]

Well, there is Delta Goodrem. She seems to pull it off alright and I am sure there is a spate of little Delta's following her popularity.

Omega could also be a girls name I think.

[laminy.livejournal.com]

I think that Delta is really the only one that would work as a name (seeing as how it is one), and it would be for a girl.

[brightesteyes11.livejournal.com]

I would use Epsilon out of all of those.

[cremepuff.livejournal.com]

Delta (but I won't use it because it reminds me of Delta Burke)
Eta
Zeta

I would use those on girls.