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Help[Opinions] Euryphaëssa
I've been doing some reading on Greek Mythology lately, and I came across this name. It means "wide-shining" or "far-shining", an epithet of the Titan Theia in her particular aspect of glittering and glory. I looked it up online and it looks like it is also written as Euryphaessa - the book had the trema. I'm saying it "yoo-ree-fay-ESS-ah", but that could be off.
I'm really taken with it. I'm not sure how user-friendly it is, but I find it surpassingly lovely. What do you think of it?
I'm really taken with it. I'm not sure how user-friendly it is, but I find it surpassingly lovely. What do you think of it?
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I think it's fantastic, but better as a middle name because it's not "user friendly" as you say :-)
It's a pretty great find.
It's a pretty great find.
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Hmm. It looks like something Anne McCaffrey would have made up. I can appreciate its mythological origins, but it's a little too much for me.
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Totally fun. So full of grandeur, yet I can picture it on someone's grandmother.
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A neat GP name if ever I saw one. :-) Mn material, at best. We wouldn't want to give the primary school teacher a heart attack on day one, would we? Then again, what's the difference anymore?
By the way, I heard Eurydice pronounced last night. I was watching a BBC production ("Rosemary and Thyme") and they said it as, "yoo-RID-i-see." I think we were having this discussion a while back. Forgive me if I've gotten you mixed up with someone else.
By the way, I heard Eurydice pronounced last night. I was watching a BBC production ("Rosemary and Thyme") and they said it as, "yoo-RID-i-see." I think we were having this discussion a while back. Forgive me if I've gotten you mixed up with someone else.
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Primary school teachers are my mortal enemies! I will name all my children Euryphaëssa, just to thwart them.
Hmm, it could have been me who was wondering about Eurydice, I can't recall. I say it like "yoo-REE-dissy"; "yoo-RID-i-see" seems a bit more respectable.
Hmm, it could have been me who was wondering about Eurydice, I can't recall. I say it like "yoo-REE-dissy"; "yoo-RID-i-see" seems a bit more respectable.
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Ooh, fancy.
Great meaning and lovely sound, and yay for glitter and glory and shininess! I think I'd call her Essie.
Great meaning and lovely sound, and yay for glitter and glory and shininess! I think I'd call her Essie.
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Ohh man! Essie! You are so smart, Pie.
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The meaning is lovely, the name is.. a little bit much for me.
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It's beautiful, isn't it? Wouldn't do for a child of mine, with a 4-syllable last name, but good for someone else.
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I like it, but I think it's a bit much for actual use.
I do like the name Theia, though!
I do like the name Theia, though!
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I think it's pretty, though maybe a bit much for a first name. Maybe for a middle name?
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Yes, I think it could be an excellent middle name. I thought it could be shortened to Phae if it was a first name... or Eury even. But those are both still pretty fanciful.
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I would pair it with a short middle name, like Leda. Phae is cute!
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