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Help[Opinions] Artemis (NOA)
What is your opinion on Artemis? How do you feel about it on a boy?
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Love it on a girl
It doesn't make sense to me on a boy.
It doesn't make sense to me on a boy.
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This ^
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Love the goddess, not so big on the sound. I actually think it sounds better for a boy, but I'd spell it Artemas.
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Artemis on a boy makes less than no sense. What is so bad about respecting the origin, including original gender usage, of a name that you've heard of and like? Why cheapen it? Why bother?
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Don't like it
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I really like the sound and I don’t think it should be used for boys.
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Artemis is one of my favourite names, and #2 for a girl. As well as the strong, feisty, badass feel I really find her to be down to earth and level headed. I can imagine an Artemis in the real world, calm, collected, hardworking, and passionate.
I do have very strong feelings about not using Artemis for a boy. I usually wouldn't mind traditional girls names on boys, since it's a common occurrence the other way around, and I'm not for double standards. But in this case, Artemis is a goddess name. Using the exact name of the goddess (especially Artemis) is jarring and doesn't sit right for me. Furthermore there are not one, but two legitimate, near identical sounding derivatives that are boys names; Artemas and Artemus. I appreciate that Artemis Fowl did it (it was actually addressed in the books), and it has a unisex sound, but I think origins need consideration. I have both Artemis and Artemus on my girl/boy list, so I definitely see the appeal.
I do have very strong feelings about not using Artemis for a boy. I usually wouldn't mind traditional girls names on boys, since it's a common occurrence the other way around, and I'm not for double standards. But in this case, Artemis is a goddess name. Using the exact name of the goddess (especially Artemis) is jarring and doesn't sit right for me. Furthermore there are not one, but two legitimate, near identical sounding derivatives that are boys names; Artemas and Artemus. I appreciate that Artemis Fowl did it (it was actually addressed in the books), and it has a unisex sound, but I think origins need consideration. I have both Artemis and Artemus on my girl/boy list, so I definitely see the appeal.
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It's a fine name, it's not the best, though. I don't like the I, it makes it sound short in a way.
All in all, there could be better names out there, but it's not terrible.
All in all, there could be better names out there, but it's not terrible.
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I very much like the name Artemis and prefer it on a girl. I get it sounds unisex so I'm not opposed to it being on a boy, and that there are feminizations of male god names, but it feels weird to me. Mostly because of the type of goddess she was.
One of my favorite names is Artemisia, a frillier version of Artemis that feels more usable to me.
One of my favorite names is Artemisia, a frillier version of Artemis that feels more usable to me.
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