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Sometimes people aren’t “scouring”. For example, my husband and I both took every elective course on ancient Mythology and History that we could in university. We love mythology-based literature. We watch TV shows about ancient peoples and historical figures. It’s one of the mutual hobbies and interests that brought us together. So although we didn’t really go with a mythological name for our first child, it wouldn’t be a stretch to see us use one for the next. For us it would hardly be “scouring” obscure literature for the most pretentious name we could find so we could “stand out”. It would be something we come across often and don’t think twice about. It would be part of our vernacular. It would be an extension of something that we share with love. People have hobbies. The study of names, the study of mythology and the study of history being among them. Besides, as names go in and out of fashion, some of the current top 10 names probably sounded incredibly obscure to somebody at some point. Somebody had to be first.

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As for purely deriving the name from the source without altering it, why on Earth would somebody mess with a name that was clearly already so perfect for them that they just had to use it? What’s the fix here? A tryndee kre8iv spelling so they look illiterate? Then they really would be proving that they’re only using the name superficially and disregarding its history. I truly don’t understand this argument at all.

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While I have no love for this particular name because of the sound, there are many with a similar background I do love. And I would never look down on somebody for using it.