Posted on 02/24/2022 6:22:59 PM PST by nickcarraway
A WOMAN has revealed that she hates her own name so much, that she's planning on changing it to something "normal."
The anonymous woman, from the US, took to Reddit and explained: "My mother named me Persephone 28 years ago when the name wasnât a thing."
An anonymous woman, from the US, took to Reddit and explained that her mother named her "Persephone" 28 years ago when the name "wasnât a thing." 1 An anonymous woman, from the US, took to Reddit and explained that her mother named her "Persephone" 28 years ago when the name "wasnât a thing."Credit: Getty "But she was always so interested in Greek mythology (and my sisterâs name is Athena, something more acceptable)."
She went on to say how she has always used the nickname Seph and would like to keep the nickname.
"Are there any names that could be shortened to Seph?" she continued.
"Also I donât necessarily have to keep Seph. Maybe some name about harvest? (I was born on harvest month/season).
"And my favourite season has always been Autumn. So I would appreciate a name that has something to do with that."
And it wasn't long before social media users took to the comments section to express their views on her name and to offer alternate suggestions.
"You are changing your name just as your name is becoming 'normal,'" wrote one. "If you want a name that is 'normal' from the decade you were born Stephanie is probably the closest to Seph and means garland crown."
"Autumn was also in the top 200 for girls during the 90âs. Sienna and Scarlett are fall colours and beautiful names."
A second commented: "Probably not an answer you were looking for, and itâs just my opinion, but Persephone to me is a really pretty name.
My mother named me Persephone 28 years ago when the name wasnât a thing
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"It has the cadence of 'Stephanie' or 'Penelope' but I think itâs more intriguing, and of course the classic Greek myth story adds to the timeless value and allure of it."
Meanwhile, a third added: "My name is Seph, not short for anything. In my biased opinion it's a great name all its own, why not just go with that?"
A fourth suggested: "Sapphire is September's birthstone; that works with the nickname and the season."
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Hades, her uncle, kidnapped and raped her. Persephone refused to eat and drink in the underworld. Ceres, her mother, made all the plants on earth die until her daughter was returned. Zeus ordered Hades to return Persephone to Ceres, but Persephone, distracted by the joy of returning to earth, ate a few pomegranate seeds, and this was taken for partial consent. Persephone must return to Hades for a few months every year, Ceres grieves, the plants die, and winter is here.
Not a good backstory for a name.
You mean because the poem is called Daddy, it was actually meant as an attack on her mother?
In high school we had to watch the Greek movie Iphigenia, and all I can remember is the title character frolicing in green hills and her name being repeatedly called ad a super high volume.
You must have been precocious to know that much Greek mythology when you were still the age of playing with dolls.
I have no idea how you came to that conclusion.
You said the poem was about an unresolved Electra Complex didn’t you?
Actually, that little note about Sylvia Plath was not a part of the article. I included it as a sort of historic reference attached to that name Electra. I may have pulled the focus too far from the original topic of Ms Persephone.
I didn’t take her remarks as an ‘attack’ on her Mom, more a mild exasperation one often feels about someone close to you that does weird things.
Nothing led me to believe this young girl has an Electra Complex. I chose to dwell on that name because I have heard it in use before.
Another name from Greek myths that I have heard in use would be Medea. The story of Medea describes a woman of great passion and extreme jealousies. She even kills her children at one point, in order to punish her lover who had left her for someone new. That name was taken by Medea Benjamin, the former director of Code Pink.
I think it was fourth grade when we covered Greek and Roman mythology. I still had dolls even though I wasn’t much of a doll person overall.
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lol!
I knew a guy that named his first daughter, Alpha, his second daughter, Beta and his third and last child, also a daughter, Omega.
PS......he wasn’t Greek but Scandanavian
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