Greek Mythology: Means “violet flower”, derived from Greek ιον (ion) “violet” and ανθος (anthos) “flower”. This was the name of an ocean nymph in Greek mythology. (Behindthename.com)
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Demi for a girl
I really love this again, would you use Demeter as a first name or too boyish these days.
Wikipedia-Demeter (pronounced /dɨˈmiːtər/; Greek: Δημήτηρ, lit. “Earth-Mother” from the Doric Dā form of Greek De “Earth” and Meter “Mother”[1]. Or possibly “distribution-mother” from the noun of the Indo-European mother-earth *dheghom[2] *mater, also called simply Δηώ), in Greek mythology, is the Goddess of grain and fertility, the pure. Nourisher of the youth and the green earth, the health-giving cycle of life and death, and preserver of marriage and the sacred law. In the Homeric Hymn to Demeter, dated to about the seventh century BC.[3] she is invoked as the “bringer of seasons”, a subtle sign that she was worshipped long before she was made one of the Olympians. She and her daughter Persephone were the central figures of the Eleusinian Mysteries that also predated the Olympian pantheon.
Constellation inspiration
The book of constellations by Robin Kerrod –
Andromeda
Her name is the Latinized form of the Greek Ανδρομέδη (Andromédē). The etymology of the name is “to think of a man,” from ανδρός (andros) “man” combined with μήδομαι (mēdomai) “to think, to be mindful of.
Andromeda– (the chained lady, located between Perseus & Cassiopeia)
Daughter of King Cepheus & Queen Cassiopeia. ( of the Phoenician kingdom Ethiopia)
Her mother Cassiopeia bragged that she was more beautiful than the Nereids, the nymph-daughters of the sea god Nereus and often seen accompanying Poseidon. To punish the Queen for her arrogance, Poseidon, brother to Zeus and God of the Sea, sent the sea monster Cetus to ravage the coast of Ethiopia including the kingdom of the vain Queen. The desperate King consulted the Oracle of Zeus, who announced that no respite would be found until the king sacrificed his virgin daughter Andromeda to the monster. She was chained naked to a rock on the coast of Jaffa.
Andromeda exposed to the sea-monster (1869) Paul Gustave Doré.
Perseus, returning from having slain the Gorgon Medusa, found Andromeda and slew Cetus. He set her free, and married her in spite of Andromeda having been previously promised to her uncle Phineus. At the wedding a quarrel took place between the rivals, and Phineus was turned to stone by the sight of the Gorgon’s head (Ovid, Metamorphoses v. 1).
Married Perseus,had eight children
Perseides, Perses, Alcaeus, Heleus, Mestor, Sthenelus, and Electryon, and one daughter, Gorgophone.
Main character in- My sisters keeper, Jodi Picoult
Aello- Girl name
Think this is quite pretty, its greek, can’t post the info cause its in white writting and I’m tired but I asked hubby and he said it sounds like Lilo like the ones you use when swimming.
Going on from Juno
Hubby and I both like Juno, he just annoyed me by saying “Juno, could work for a boy” I just bout exploded hehe Juno is definitely a girls name. I like Juno Margaret Aroha Hamilton or Juno Aroha Margaret Hamilton, one of the middle’s has to be a Māori name but Corie thinks Aroha doesn’t flow on the end he thinks its better as a first middle
Juno- Latin- Queen of the heavens. – The brillant book of baby names Pamela Redmond Satran & Linda Rosenkrantz
Margaret- From the Greek Margarītēs, which is derived from maragon (a pearl).From A World of Baby Names by Teresa Norman
Aroha- Māori word for love
Back to Dora
So I was thinking about how I love Dora as a nickname and found Pandora mentioned in “My sister’s keeper” so I asked hubby he automatically goes no and box. But can we not move past this? Eve is widely used yet she ate the apples off the forbidden tree… Just pondering.
A-Z of Mythology- Peter Clayton
Acteon
Ajax
Ares
Atlas
Bacchus
Beowulf
Cadmus
Chiron
Andromeda
Ariadne
Artemis
Atalanta
Athena
Bellona
Brunhilda
Calypso
Cassandra
Ceres
Coventina
Cybelle
Danae
Diana
Dido
Echo
Electra
Eurydice
Freya
Gaia
Helena
Hera
Io
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Alexander
Antonious
Apollo
Aries
Atlas
Augustus
Basil
Brychon
Cadmus
Claudius
Constantine
Demetrius
Eros
Evander
Griffin
Hector
Henry
Heros
Hercules
Icarus
Julius
Jupiter
Kairos
Latinus
Luciferus
Manuel
Marcus
Maximillian
Myles
Nestor
Olympios
Orion
Pan
Periander
Perseus
Phineas
Remus
Rex
Silvanus
Sirius
Tereus
Theseus
Tiberius
Timotheus
Xanthos
Zeus
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These are taken from a wonderful book- Divine Baby Names by Eric Groves
Girls
Acantha
Alcyone
Alethea
Ambrosia
Ariadne
Alantea
Bia
Cacia
Carme
Carya
Castalia
Chloris
Clea
Clymele
Constantina
Danais
Dia
Dione
Dolores
Electra
Enyo
Eurybia
Fauna
Galatea
Gratia
Harmonia
Harpina
Hesperia
Honoria
Io
Isis
Kymo
Leanira
Leda
Libya
Lucina
Minerva
Musica
Myrrha
Nesi
Nympha
Octavia
Pandora
Persephone
Petra
Rhea
Selene
Terra
Thalia
Valeria
New Zealand Baby Names 