Not knowing anything about it, I'd pronounce Leucothea as, "loo-co-THEE-uh." But I like the "lef-co-THEE-uh' one better. Very pretty, either way.
I would pronounce
Hera as, "HAIR-uh / HEHR-uh."
I'm not big on the name
Hera, but I recently met a Greek (American) couple. The man's mother's name was Hericlea, which he pronounced as "hehr-IK-lee-uh." She went by
Rikki as a nn. But it comes from
Herakles /
Hercules which I believe comes from
Hera, right? Anyway, I thought you might like Hericlea. It's not in the database, but his mother was first generation Greek so I'm confident it's authentic.
Combos?
Leucothea
SophieLeucothea
Helen /
EleniLeucothea
Daphne (but not if you are going to use the "lef-" pronunciation
Leucothea
EvadneLeucothea
SibylLeucothea
NyxLeucothea Hesper
Hera DespinaHera Eugenia (
Hera is goddess of child birth.
Eugenia means "well-born." I know it's not meant in the same way, but it kind of fits, right?)
Hera DelphineHera Natalia /
Natalie (= birth)
Hera TheodosiaHera Callisto (I think
Hera would appreciate being called, "the most beautiful," don't you?)
Hera AlexandrineHera Damaris I'm not up on my Greek mythology, so some of these combinations might be inappropriate / cheesey. Let me know if any could work for you. Thanks!
This message was edited 1/13/2009, 7:45 PM