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[twinklieetoes.livejournal.com]

what do you think of the name Antigone (An-tig-gon-ie)?
i'm in LOVE with the name, and i figured Teagan would make a nice nickname.
but the thing is that i HATE the spelling. always makes me want to say "anti-gone." just by looking at it.

so my question is, do you know of any alternative ways to spell Antigone?
(WITHOUT being incredibly uneeeeek. gah.)

Comments

[lord-snot.livejournal.com]

A name with "anti" as its start is not a good idea.

[twinklieetoes.livejournal.com]

..which is why i want an alternate spelling :X

[ghost-dance.livejournal.com]

there are no ways to spell that name without making it look butchered =/

[rubytitania.livejournal.com]

I agree I think. I'm not aware of any accepted alternate spellings and I think made up sellings of names are a bad idea as they make the parents look like idiots.

I like the name though :)

[neroli.livejournal.com]

It's pretty much a straight transliteration of the Greek characters - Αντιγόνη. I can't think of any other way to spell it that isn't completely dreadful.

While the character is admirable, the name really is a mouthful. I would honestly just go with Teagan.

[miss-tee.livejournal.com]

IAWTC

[muliebrity.livejournal.com]

IAWTC

[ashadelic.livejournal.com]

The only things I can think of are Antegonee or Anteagonee... neither has much appeal to me, but that could just be because the name in general doesnt have much appeal to me. It's just too much, I think.

[ginky.livejournal.com]

Antigone is a girl, and to me Teagan is still a boy name.

[twinklieetoes.livejournal.com]

damn.

[twinklieetoes.livejournal.com]

true. ugh why must there be an impossible number of spellings of every name but this one?!

[twinklieetoes.livejournal.com]

i think thats funny because at the Nursery i work at we have 3 baby girls named Teagan! i have yet to see a boy named Tegan.

[thunderofsins.livejournal.com]

Sounds like a band name...and as a band name it is okay.

[bloomingtulip.livejournal.com]

Considering the history behind the name, I wouldn't try and spell it any other way.

I wouldn't use it at all personally, but if you like it, then go for it I guess.

[yukonsally]

I know a little girl whose name is spelled Antigunee or something like that. Family members (messed up relations, I don't know who are siblings or aunts): Javanae, Montiqua, Octaveus, and Ty.

[septembergrrl.livejournal.com]

It is SUCH a sad story that I couldn't get past that to use the name. But if you can, I agree Teagan is a good nickname.

I wouldn't change the spelling.

[heathity.livejournal.com]

ITA. It is a nice name and the spelling is not that bad.

[lord-snot.livejournal.com]

Even the sound of "anti" would be bad.

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

Hmmm....I like the name too, but sadly that's the only way I would spell it. But it's not SO bad...once people understood that it's not pronounced like ANTI-something, it's like Ann-TIG-gon-ee..

[hotchpot.livejournal.com]

If you can't bring yourself to use Antigone, why not choose another name from the play, like Iocaste/Jocasta (yo-CAHS-ta) or Ismene (is-MEN-ee)

[twinklieetoes.livejournal.com]

but it DOESNT sound like "anti". it sounds like "Anne-tig-gunny." it's greek.

[twinklieetoes.livejournal.com]

just an idea i have throwing around.

apparently i suck when it comes to choosing names.

[twinklieetoes.livejournal.com]

LOL awww!

[thiscantbesoy.livejournal.com]

Not sure how you can be "in LOVE with the name" but "HATE the spelling"...but, if you really want to spell it like it sounds, you'd have to go with "Antiggony" (and that's the LEAST yewneeck spelling I can think of). And that's just bad. Antiggany, same.

[twinklieetoes.livejournal.com]

i know. i might just have to scrap the name all together. i thought there was hope... i was wrong.

[mao-kitsune.livejournal.com]

Antigone is such a tragic story, I doubt I'd want to name any child after it. Plus, as mentioned before, any alternative spelling is just going to look crazy. I really like Teagan a lot, though, you should just go with that.

[quixocado.livejournal.com]

Hmm.. antygoni?
Thats really rough, I like it as Antigone, I love the name as well.