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What do you think about the name Sappho?

Do you immediately think of the Greek poet? Is it inseparable from lesbians (and is that a bad thing--bullying etc.)?

How do you pronounce it? Sap-foh or Sah-foh? I like the second one.

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My dog's pedigree name was Sappho and we pronounced it the second way. We had no idea about the lesbian angle, just thought it sounded cool. We called her Sophie. :)

Awe, a dog named sophie sounds cute.

I'm happy when I hear people who don't automatically think of lesbians--it would spare the kid some taunts. And then I feel guilty--being associated with homosexuality isn't supposed to bad. I guess I don't know what I want.

I uh love that name... partly because I did a 10 page paper on a portrait of Sappho. So the lesbian thing made me go huh?

I pronounce it Sah-foh.

The lesbian connection is mentioned on every baby-name site that I go to, so I figured it might be somewhat common knowledge. But I certainly didn't know about until I read it on those sites...

I love the name so much.

I do think of the poet. I would consider that a bonus. I might consider where you live, though.

I pronounce it the second way. And I immediately think of the poet and lesbians. Not that that's a bad thing. I doubt someone would get much teasing because of it - no one I know knew of Sappho or the content of her work until high school at the earliest, many not until college.

All of this was my thought exactly.

This is what I was thinking as well. To me the connection is instant and obvious, but I doubt most high school bullies would have a clue (still I suppose only one needs to know for it to be an issue lol).

I don't much like it as a name though, not my style.

this exact comment. *nods head*

I didn't know the context/connection, I just thought it was a really, really ugly name.

I think of the poet and lesbians. I think it sounds very pretty, but I have a hard time imagining it on a modern age girl.
Like another commenter said, she probably won't be aware of the lesbian connection until high school or college, and I'd imagine she'd have more people making assumptions about her mother's sexuality than anything else.

I think of the poet and Lesbos, but as far as I'm concerned that's a pretty nice connection. Nothing like the connections with, say, Ophelia. Or any number of other more common names...

There's a girl in my daughter's daycare class named Sappho. She's two. I immediately think of the whole Greek, poet, lesbian thing, but it's a really cute name on this little girl.

I went straight to Lesbian poet, sorry. I wouldn't be able to make the distinction.

I had no idea about the Greek poet/lesbian thing and had to look it up. I pronounced it Saf-pho and I actually like it a lot.

My first thought is of the Sappho Comet, the bird. I am clearly outnumbered, though!

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