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Ariadne, Athena, Artemis, Andromeda, and Perseus are all on my usable list, and Icarus is a GP. Pandora and Phoenix (only for a boy) are also two of my favourite names. Others on my list:

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Thalia/Thaleia
Hermione
Persephone
Evanthe
Clio
Phaedra
Olympia
Althaia
Medea/Medeia (GP)
Aella
Illyria
Ilithyia
Thessaly
Xanthe
Theia
Arachne (GP)
Leda

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Phoenix
Artemus
Lysander
Gryphon (because I like to be difficult lol)
Evander

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I also have Calliope, Echo, and Orion as middles.

This message was edited 5/1/2015, 2:36 PM

Ariadne- Clearly mythological but pretty and not overly used.
Cybele- It sounds like a fortune teller trying to sound authentic and failing.
Apollo- This is one of those names that would be hard to live up to since Apollo was supposed to be the paragon of manhood. There are added associations from the Apollo space program and an American Olympian named Apollo.
Artemis- Very nice. It has been used consistently enough through history that it does not come off as peculiar. I have always appreciated that Artemis refused to be just another toy for the likes of lecherous Zeus. She went her own way, and I respect that.
Athena- A strong name and I like the association of wisdom. It would make a good middle name.
Demeter- I would love to see Demeter used more. I also like the masculine derivatives Dymetri and Demetrius.
Andromeda-It's okay. I have never been a fan of the sound, and a female name beginning with Andro has always struck me as odd.
Odysseus- Rather a mouth full and very recognizable.
Perseus- okay
Icarus- I would really like to meet an Icarus. It's an interesting name, and he seemed like a nicer character from mythology. It's a pity he died for allegorical purposes.

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Hippolyta is the only one that I would flat out call unusable. No child wants to be saddled with the nick name Hippo. Cybele, Apollo and Odysseus might be viewed as someone trying too hard to sound eccentric.

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Artemis is one of my middle names, and Andromeda is one of my sister's! My brother has Achilles. In general I love them, they're sooo pretty. I used to love Selene until Selena become uber-popular. Odysseus and Penelope are my OTP [sorry, just me being young and hip ;)]. And I think Ariadne and Cybele are unbeatably beautiful, sounding almost- silvery? They go with Alcyone in my head. And Perseus is so cute for a boy, with nn Percy. Aw!

I especially like Ariadne and Aretmis. I have a couple friends who haves girls named Demetria which is derived from Demeter and I really love that. Plus in Greek, the nn for Demetria is Toula and that's adorable! And I like Apollonia which is derived from Apollo

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Others I like that you haven't listed (there's so many in Greek mythology, it's hard to narrow it down!):

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Calliope
Aella
Althea
Astraea
Daphne
Delia
Eudora
Helene
Leda
Penelope
Persephone
Phaedra
Selene
Thalia
Theia
Xanthe

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Leander
Linus
Orion