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My friend Mitch has a cat names Lily. When I told him that's what I wanted to name my frist daughter, he told me he wanted to name his first daughter Echo. At first I rolled my eyes, but then I thought for a second. I think it's really an awesome name! What does everyone else think Echo?
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I agree...it's a great myth...but the word association is too much...
As a middle name though, anything goes!
As a middle name though, anything goes!
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I agree...it's a great myth...but the word association is too much...
As a middle name though, anything goes!
As a middle name though, anything goes!
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I'd forgotten all about this name. It used to be a favorite of mine but I haven't given it any consideration lately. I don't think it's as bad or as unusable as some of the other posters do, though I do think it lends itself to teasing.
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If he grew up rather diminutive...
...and received a knighthood.
He'd be known as little Sir Echo.
LOL!
...and received a knighthood.
He'd be known as little Sir Echo.
LOL!
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It's cool, but not very usable since it's the type of word name that just doesn't lend itself very well to given name status imo.
Besides, the mythological Echo's story was quite sad, and so it has unhappy connotations for me. However, that may depend on what your opinion of doomed love stories is: sweetly romantic or just plain tragic.
Echo's quite nice for a cat though.
Miranda
Besides, the mythological Echo's story was quite sad, and so it has unhappy connotations for me. However, that may depend on what your opinion of doomed love stories is: sweetly romantic or just plain tragic.
Echo's quite nice for a cat though.
Miranda
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Two things come to mind:
1) Its the way dolphins and whales communicate, through echoing.
2) My mom plays for one of the music groups at our church and their group is called Echo.
Its not a name, and if it is (surprised its linked), its really sad to me. Who would want to name their child this?
1) Its the way dolphins and whales communicate, through echoing.
2) My mom plays for one of the music groups at our church and their group is called Echo.
Its not a name, and if it is (surprised its linked), its really sad to me. Who would want to name their child this?
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It IS a name
Of a mythological nymph, at least. She was the namesake of the word, in fact.
Lovely Echo was a mountain nymph, an Oread to be precise. Zeus asked to pester his wife Hera constantly by endlessly talking, so that Hera would be took preoccupied with Echo to bother Zeus while he was philandering. Hera eventually caught onto the ruse, however, and in vengeance cursed Echo so that she was only able to speak by repeating what others said.
Alternately, Echo wasn't cursed by Hera but rather fell in love with the beautiful Narcissus. But he loved only himself, reflected in a pond. Echo, heartbroken, pined away until only her voice remained, to endlessly repeat others' words.
A third story tells how Echo was a great singer and dancer, so great that the god Pan became jealous of her. He therefore ordered his followers to kill her. Echo was accordingly torn to pieces, and her body was scattered all over the Earth. Gaia, the earth goddes, received the pieces of Echo, whose voice remains repeating the last words of others the way sounds echo off of canyons and other such large natural formations. Some say Echo and Pan had a daughter first: Iambe.
Miranda
Of a mythological nymph, at least. She was the namesake of the word, in fact.
Lovely Echo was a mountain nymph, an Oread to be precise. Zeus asked to pester his wife Hera constantly by endlessly talking, so that Hera would be took preoccupied with Echo to bother Zeus while he was philandering. Hera eventually caught onto the ruse, however, and in vengeance cursed Echo so that she was only able to speak by repeating what others said.
Alternately, Echo wasn't cursed by Hera but rather fell in love with the beautiful Narcissus. But he loved only himself, reflected in a pond. Echo, heartbroken, pined away until only her voice remained, to endlessly repeat others' words.
A third story tells how Echo was a great singer and dancer, so great that the god Pan became jealous of her. He therefore ordered his followers to kill her. Echo was accordingly torn to pieces, and her body was scattered all over the Earth. Gaia, the earth goddes, received the pieces of Echo, whose voice remains repeating the last words of others the way sounds echo off of canyons and other such large natural formations. Some say Echo and Pan had a daughter first: Iambe.
Miranda
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It is a name - but unfortunately your ignorance (not meaning that offensively at all :-)) of the Greek mythological Echo will probably be shared by most people, which prevents it from being used as a name today.
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great myth.
But as a name, won't work. Too common of a word. I myself love Pysche, but its too known as a word. It just couldn't work. As a middle name, yes, but that's it.
Siri
But as a name, won't work. Too common of a word. I myself love Pysche, but its too known as a word. It just couldn't work. As a middle name, yes, but that's it.
Siri
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I think it's a "please tease me" name sorry - it sounds kind of cute but imagine putting up with it in primary school!
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