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What if you called a girl Cydonia or Athena

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Reply 20

Eragon452

I quite like the name Sophitia which reminds me of those names.

Reply 21

Charlski

Athena would be fine, unusual.

Cydonia now... unfortunately, there used to be a swimming pool in my local town called the 'Cydonia Swimming Pool', and that's what the name conjures up for me.

Reply 22

User129003

The reason I picked these names was because of greek mythology

Reply 23

ixivxivi

Oh no; they'd be terribly teased for being named after a tsr user

Reply 24

PirateGirl

Athena (in greek mythology) was born in a seriously messed up way. Zeus ate her mother and then Athena was born out of Zeus' head when it was cracked open with an axe.

It is a pretty name though.

Reply 25

PointeShoes-x

I actually quite like both names. Athena is nicer, but I think Cydonia is quite pretty too. The only problem is that it's a bit of a mouthful and I don't know what it could be shortened to.

Reply 26

Charlski

PirateGirl

Athena (in greek mythology) was born in a seriously messed up way. Zeus ate her mother and then Athena was born out of Zeus' head when it was cracked open with an axe.

It is a pretty name though.

Yeah, but most Greek gods were born in a messed up way. Think Dionysus..

Reply 27

Dionysus

Charlski

Yeah, but most Greek gods were born in a messed up way. Think Dionysus..

Reply 28

Charlski

Dionysus

I apologise.

Reply 29

FuzzySheep

Athena's lovely, Cydonia not so much, it just reminds me of the song.

Reply 30

Juustuburger

Charlski

Yeah, but most Greek gods were born in a messed up way. Think Dionysus..

You don't see many children named after Greek gods for a reason, really.

Reply 31

geminibubblegum

Sephirot10

Call them Huitzilopochtezcatlipocxipetoltec. Theres a bitchin name

I totally get frist dibs on that name.. it's unisex too!

Reply 32

Sephirot10

geminibubblegum

I totally get frist dibs on that name.. it's unisex too!

My Nahuatl is to the level of a dyslexic four year old, but I think the feminine version of that monstrosity (literally translated as: Our lord the flayed one, the smoking mirrored hummingbird on the left) would be Huitzilopochtezcatlipocxipetolteca

Reply 33

Antonia87

Athena is lovely, Cydonia sounds like a poisonous chemical.

Reply 34

modini

Athena's alright, Cydonia sounds evil (like cyanide).

Reply 35

AWZC

CatatonicStupor

Athena - go for it - it's a name. It's a Goddess, so therefore if anyone asks, you can babble on about hoping for wisdom and such - I mean, my name was chosen for its meaning rather than the 'ring' to it - since my forename means "Defender of Men", from the Greek Alexandros.

Cydonia...you're asking for trouble, as this is the generation where Knights of Cydonia was very popular...and at the worst end of the scale, they'll think you just have a fascination with the region of Mars that bears the same name...

And Alexandros is derived from Heras (Alex is my first name to)

Reply 36

Doublereedfreak

I think Minerva is a nice greek name, but it sound a bit old-lady-ish.
Athena's ok but Cydonia is lame.

Reply 37

EskimoJo

Athena's nice. I thought it said Anthea first, which I don't like, even though they're not much different! :p:

Reply 38

EskimoJo

PirateGirl

Athena (in greek mythology) was born in a seriously messed up way. Zeus ate her mother and then Athena was born out of Zeus' head when it was cracked open with an axe.

Reply 39

Cooro

Athena's nice... I think Chloe, Maia or Rhea are good too, if you want names from Greek mythology.

No to Cydonia, though. I agree with the people who said it sounds like a chemical.