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I like it! I once named a moth I rescued "Io". I pronounced it EYE-oh but idk if that's right.

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In real life, I'd probably use it as a nickname because it's so short. Iolanthe maybe.

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Io Vivienne
Io Alastriona
Io Nausicaa
Io Antigone
Io Polyhymnia
Io Brigitte
Io Cassiopeia
Io Cordelia
Io Parthenope
Io Hippolyta
Io Parvati
Io Sapphira
Io Rhodopis
Io Christabel
Io Leilani
Io Wisteria
Io Lyonors
Io Hypatia
Io Hermione
Io Corisande
Io Demeter
Io Sylvana
Io Undine
Io Nimue
Io Ariadne
Io Andromache
Io Vespera
Io Lucasta
Io Xanthippe
Io Thalassa

I used to really like it a few years back but now not so much.

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The EYE-o pronunciation makes me think of “I owe” and subsequently debt. The EE-o pronunciation makes me think of the “Old MacDonald Had a Farm” song (Old MacDonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O...)

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I do like the mythology and the princess connection though, and to be honest I really want to like this name but I just can’t. Maybe I will down the line.

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Maybe Io Delilah or Io Elizabeth?

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God it sounds like “I owe Delilah / I owe Elizabeth” so much to me!

It’s the name of one of Jupiter’s moons, and I’ve always heard it pronounced “eye-oh”. I honestly don’t think it’s usable.

Io is really cool, but (despite its brevity) unfortunately impractical - mainly because it will make non-namenerds think either of I.O.U.s or, "So what do I owe you, exactly?" :-( For this reason, I think it's unusable as a first name. It would make an exciting middle, though!

I pronounce it EE-oh. I think both it's Greek and Japanese form are lovely and usable. The shortness of it means it's a first name only for me.

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Io Hyacinthe
Io Elvira
Io Margalit
Io Émilienne
Io Nicolasa
Io Sylvestra
Io Thisbe
Io Undine
Io Atalanta
Io Marianthe

I pronounce it as LO literally when I first saw and the pronouciation you gave me isn’t much better. Doesn’t really seem usable to be honest.

I don’t think it’s useable. I can’t get past the fact it means “I” in my first language.

Don't like it at all

Hi !!!

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I love mythological names but unfortunately 'io' means 'I, me' in Italian so it is nearly unusable as a given name where I live.

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However in Italy the name is pronounced EE-oh.

This message was edited 12/18/2020, 1:19 PM

I like the idea of it, but not sure how useable it is. Maybe as a nickname for Violet? Ooh, that would be cute.

I gotta admit, it’s a massive GP. It’s the slightest, most minimalistic name, literally just two letters, but I’m still so drawn to it. Maybe because I’m kind of a minimalist myself (though not necessarily when it comes to names - I like names from Eve to Euphrosyne).

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As for combos? Hmm... I’m really tempted to put it with an unreasonably long name. The only combo that comes to mind is Io Millicent.

It's elegant and cool, and a bit romantic. I like it; I think it's usable.

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I pronounce it as 'IE-oh', too.

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Io Catalina
Io Soraya

"This name haunts my dreams." I love this :)

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I say EYE-oh too. I'll admit when I first saw this post I thought you had written Lo, lol. I like it a lot.

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Io Rae
Io Helena
Io Elaine
Io Carla
Io Miranda

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Helena Io
Ava Io
Pascaline Io
Rosalind Io
Jacqueline Io

Boy would I love if I had some snottnosed kid named Annabelle Juniper and she had a friend named Io

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It's 2020. What if your kids were named Io and Arrow? The name Io would make the Taurus in your birth chart holy.

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I say it Eye-Oh because I like anglicized manglings of greekish forms, especially ones with long Eyes. Ee-oh is fine too.

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My student should be here by now but she's not, so we'll be making some combos. I'm going to try to avoid Greek-based names.

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Io Raquelle (my student's name)
Io Elizabeth, just to surprise. Elizabeth Io would be cool as HELL!!!!
Io Vespera
Io Allemande
Io Minuet (what Raquelle is working on)
Io Lully (what her daughter is working on)

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Okay she's here bye!!!