Message: "Athinais" - Behind the Name

Athinais

by Canielle

4/30/2024, 5:19 AM

At work on Friday a girl called Athinais. WDYT?

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#Athinais

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- Dracotorix

4/30/2024, 3:54 PM

I like it but prefer Athenais.

- guasguendi +1

4/30/2024, 1:10 PM

At first I thought it was some creative spelling, but it's actually the modern Greek form of Athenais (which I submitted, lol).

I prefer Athénaïs since the diacritics balance the name. Athinais looks quite disorganized. It's interesting, nonetheless.

- Wisteria (Tawnee)

5/1/2024, 9:01 AM

Agree with you on the diacritics. It's a gorgeous name.

- EsmeLily +6

4/30/2024, 5:58 AM

It's usually spelled Athénaïs with two accents. It's the French version of Athena. A mistress of King Louis XIV had this name. I think it's hauntingly beautiful.

- Fiammetta (lady murasaki)

4/30/2024, 1:09 PM

I had a student by this name, it’s very charming.

- Kirke

4/30/2024, 11:17 AM

Athénaïs is not the French version of Athena. The French forms of Athena are Athéna and Athéné. Athinais is a transliteration of the Greek name Αθηναΐς. The name is derived from Athena but is not Athena. Athénaïs is the French form of Αθηναΐς.

- Canielle +3

4/30/2024, 7:01 AM

The family were Greek so I wonder if that accounts for the difference in spelling.

- guasguendi +2

4/30/2024, 1:11 PM

Yes, Athinais is the modern Greek form.

- Kirke +1

4/30/2024, 3:10 PM

Of what? Not of Athena. The modern form of Athena is Αθηνά, often transliterated as Athina.

- guasguendi

4/30/2024, 3:12 PM

Of Athenais.

- Kirke

4/30/2024, 5:54 AM

I prefer the Greek pronunciation with 4 syllables.

- namesarecool285 +5

4/30/2024, 5:22 AM

Ooh, that's not a name you see every day! I like it; how did she pronounce it?

- Canielle +4

4/30/2024, 5:24 AM

She pronounced it athiNAYIS with three syllables

- Rainya

4/30/2024, 10:09 AM

I'm a little confused by how that's three syllables.

- Kerilyntaryn21 +1

4/30/2024, 10:07 AM

Trying to work out the syllables ath i nay is, would that be 4, too frilly

- Canielle

4/30/2024, 11:55 AM

Ath-Nay-Is is probably closer. My first attempt wasn’t very clear. Apologies.

- namesarecool285

4/30/2024, 5:28 AM

Ooh, that's actually kinda pretty. Thank you!

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