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I love the story about when she comes to earth the seasons change. I think it sounds beautiful as well, when you pronounce it correctly. I was just watching a Law & Order episode the other night where they pronounced it "persa-fone".

I love it, but I wouldn't use it personally. I like hearing others use it though.

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¡VIVA ESPAÑA!

Absolutely GORGEOUS.

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I like the sound of Persephone and the way it's written, however, I dislike its meaning and the fact that people seem to want to say "purse-a-phone." I've seen it before, sigh.

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I feel about Andromeda the way you do about Persephone.

I adore the name! And one NN for it could be Peony.

I love it. Personally I wouldn't use it because it has no good nicknames. I prefer Penelope, but I would be delighted to meet a little Persephone.

I think this name has a good chance of having a major upswing in use. Not only has Persephone been mentioned a lot lately on all three of the baby name boards I look at, but it has recently been featured on the television series Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as the "undercover" name of the character detective Olivia Benson (played by Mariska Hargitay). When a "new" name starts turning up in use by well-loved chief characters on hit TV shows, that's often a sign that the leaders of fashion are noticing it and that it will boom in use soon.

This message was edited 11/1/2006, 4:36 PM

I love this name. I absolutely adore it. I don't think it's too strange; I would use it!

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We love you Copper! 6/1/91 - 6/16/06
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I too find it irresistable. The sound is gorgeous, it has Greek-chic, and the nn Seffie is adorable. What's not to like?

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Persephone Rose is nice. How about:

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Persephone Iris
Persephone Lark
Persephone Wren
Persephone Meadow
Persephone Fleur
Persephone Linnet
Persephone Truth
Persephone Nyx
Persephone Io (EE-o)
Persephone Juno
Persephone Maia
Persephone Gaia
Persephone Rhea
Persephone Sibyl
Persephone Blythe
Persephone Niamh
Persephone Maeve / Meabh
Persephone Lydia

This message was edited 11/1/2006, 4:00 PM

to be honest, i dont like it at all. its confusing to pronounce and there arent any nicknames for it. but if u really like it go ahead.

I don't think its too strange for a child, although I would expect some problems if you live in the US: Teaching pronouncing the "phone" like in telephone and kids calling her "phony" as a nn. What about using it as a mn? I personally think that Rose Persephone sounds quite nice.

I don't think that it is too strange at all (the sound is familiar enough, think Stephanie), but it probably would have to be shortened for everyday use, and I can't think of any nicknames I really like except maybe Persis?

I don't like it. People would always be misspelling and mispronuncing it. But if you really like it, go ahead and use it. A simple middle name like Rose goes well with Persephone.

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"The only man who makes no mistakes is the man who never does anything." ~~ Theodore Roosevelt

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I like the sound of Persephone, but I wouldn't use it on a child. It's not terrible though.