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I love Calliope, but I prefer Kalliope (Latinized spellings make me twitch a bit). I don't find it hard to pronounce, but then I guess I'm used to it.

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As for the rest, I love Aurelia and Seraphina. I also like Moana and Noelani.

Like some others, I used to mispronounce it, only having seen it written. Now I know, though.
ACtually, what comes to mind is a line from the song"Blinded By The Light"..."the calliope crashed to the ground."
As a name?I probably wouldn't use it, but I kind of like it.

i don't think its hard to pronounce. it has the plus of a simple nn 'Callie'.
from your other names i like Aurelia.

I love Calliope, but I have a feeling that most Americans couldn't spell it or pronounce it, and only think of a merry-go-round.

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Noelle - pretty
May - love it, great fn or mn
Rain - GP, good MN
Seraphina - very lovely
Aurelia - love it, but have trouble pronouncing it
Oceane - lovely. great mn
Briar - I used to love it, but now I don't like the sound
Noelani - pretty
Moana - reminds me of the moa, a gigantic extinct bird of new Zealand http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moa

This message was edited 4/19/2008, 3:25 PM

I, personally, love the name Calliope. It might be a little hard to swallow for some people, and if that bothers you, you could always call her Callie, but I don't find it hard swallow at all.

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Noelle - Very pretty.
May - Love this as a MN, but only this spelling, not Mae
Rain - NMS, but okay.
Seraphina - Don't even get me started on how much I love this name! Gorgeous.
Aurelia - Very pretty.
Oceane - NMS
Briar -I love this on a girl. Plus, if the harshness of it bothers you, you could always give her a very fem. MN (In fact, Briar Seraphina is quite lovely...)
Noelani - Pretty!
Moana - Again, pretty!

Ick.

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I met a woman in a park once addressing her 4ish year old daughter as Calliope Rose. (This was in Texas) Gah, so flakey-sounding to me. By flakey I mean, the bad side of the hippie stereotype: eccentric, frumpy, flighty, dim, unsophisticated.

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There are worse names; I just don't think it's very cool.

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I like all these:
Noelle - starting to like this again
Noelani - can't get rid of this!
May - as a mn
Rain - as a mn
Seraphina - a little long but i love it too much
Aurelia - so pretty but I think it's too much to handle even as a mn

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But:
Oceane - difficult to pronounce; seems artificial to me.
Briar - is it too ugly for a girl? - Yes, IMO
Moana - Personally I can't see past the "moan" in it. I guess exposure would cure me of that

This message was edited 4/19/2008, 2:45 PM

Reminds me of one of the ugly stepsisters from Rogers and Hammersteins Cinderella. But most people wouldn't remember that. This is one of those names that I love how it looks, but not so much how it sounds.
Noelle- this is sooo pretty but reminds me of Christmas
May - cute as a mn
Rain - NMS
Seraphina - a little long but i like it
Aurelia - pretty but long I like Aurelie better
Oceane - I love it but its a little much
Briar - I like it, wasn't Briar Rose Sleeping Beauty's name?
Noelani - Love it! I love Hawaiian names This is sooo pretty.
Moana - I can't stop seeing Moan in it. Also, do you say it Moan-ah or Mo-ana?

I like Calliope it's not hard to say.

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Rain - love as a first name better
Oceane - I prefer Ocean
Briar - No I like it on a girl [Briar Rose as a FN], and Brier for a boy.

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the others are nms

I can't help but pronounce Calliope as kal-ee-OPE. I read a book when I was much younger and this is how I pronounced it in my head, and even though I know better I still can't help it. Not that I find ca-LIE-o-pee much prettier. I don't like "lie" sounds in names, nor "pee". Sorry.

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Briar is winning me over, slowly. I love love Oceane (oh-say-ann), and I like Seraphina spelt Serafina. I think Aurelia is so ugly, but I know of ton of people really like it here. I don't like any of the others.

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On a positive note... YAY BUNNY in your sig! I always loved your other bunny sig, this one is awesome too!