Mythological names.

[hermione-vader.livejournal.com]

Name I saw on a tombstone from the 1800s:  Achilles Smith.

So that got me wondering: what are your favorite names inspired by various mythologies/legends?

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[piperwest12.livejournal.com]

Growing up I had a friend named Athena, I always liked it. Then there is the actress Olympia Dukakis, I sort oflike Olympia, but wouldn't use it.

[nobodynomore.livejournal.com]

Achilles reminds me...a friend of mine's husband wanted to name their daughter (if they had one, they ended up having another boy...) Achilles. I asked her if he was aware Achilles was a man.... She wanted to spell it Ackealiz, though... D:
I was praying they had a boy.

[hermione-vader.livejournal.com]

I asked her if he was aware Achilles was a man.... She wanted to spell it Ackealiz, though... D:

Alright-y, then. O.o

[nobodynomore.livejournal.com]

Yeah, makes no sense. Their first little boy is named Titan...They are now trying to choose between Liam & Raidyn...meh.

[daydream11.livejournal.com]

Ariadne
Persephone
Athena
Morgana
Isolde
Ishtar
Adrasteia
Andromeda
Clio
Padma
Astraea
Hera
Artemis
Lilith

Arthur
Ulysses
Ares
Lucifer (I would if I could...)
Krishna

[piperwest12.livejournal.com]

Forgot about Ulysses, that is a name in my family passed down for four generations now, except it is spelled Ulises.

[scarsnsouvenirs.livejournal.com]

I work with someone named Artemis, which I kinda like, but I think I like the goddess more than I like the name.

[amai-amaya.livejournal.com]

I love Loki and like

Nyx,
Anubis,
Fenris,
Andromeda,
Genji (not sure that one counts),
Lucifer,
Kalypso,
Enki,
Leto,
Shiva

but would really only consider using Loki. :>

[qtshorty1625.livejournal.com]

Camilla
Chloe
Cynthia
Echo
Guinevere
Helena
Krishna
Lilith
Lorelei
Lucina
Phoebe

Balthazar

[kitchen-poet.livejournal.com]

THISBE!!! My husband isn't a fan. :( He likes Ulysses though.

I'm really liking the combo Thisbe Dove. I like Atlas a lot too, although I'm not sure if that is what you meant by mythology.

[kitchen-poet.livejournal.com]

Ooh, have to say it is such a pet peeve of mine when people name their kids Loki. Loki, really?!

[hermione-vader.livejournal.com]

Ooh, have to say it is such a pet peeve of mine when people name their kids Loki. Loki, really?!

Me, too. I love Loki in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but he's a bastard in both the myths and every single work he's showed up in outside of that (mythologically inspired novels, the Marvel Comics, the MCU, and all the rest). I'd probably use Loki for a pet, not a kid. I'd also use Thor for a dog, so there you go. I remember one woman with a bunch of sets of twins posting that she'd named one of her kids Loki and I thought, "That's going to go over well when he's fifteen."

[pixie-bones.livejournal.com]

Artemis. I would hatehatehate the nick name Art, though, haha!

Athena, Andromeda... Ariadne and Persephone are okay (though the former now makes me think of Inception)...

[laminy.livejournal.com]

Persephone, Artemis, Atlas, Ariadne, Hestia, Andromache, Hermes, Nemesis, Nike, and probably a few others I can't remember because my lists are not in front of me right now.

[speakunique.livejournal.com]

My husband is Greek and if we have a girl we will name her Eleni, which is a version of Helen (of Troy).

[cremepuff.livejournal.com]

I met a Ulysses once!