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What do you think of Athena? Too common? There were some people reporting that they had met several and that there were two in one class, even though it doesn't rank too high in the charts.
The German name of the goddess is Athene, what do you think of that? Pronounced ah-TAY-neh.
Do you know what the goddess is called in Greek? How is her name pronounced in Greek? Could it be Athina?
The German name of the goddess is Athene, what do you think of that? Pronounced ah-TAY-neh.
Do you know what the goddess is called in Greek? How is her name pronounced in Greek? Could it be Athina?
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My name is Athena
I have always adored being an Athena. I haven't met anybody in person with my name, of course I live in Texas (people *really* stick to tradition here, let me tell ya).
Use it. I think parents who are considering a name should ask a person with that name how they feel about it, if it's an uncommon name you could always scour a forum.
I have always adored being an Athena. I haven't met anybody in person with my name, of course I live in Texas (people *really* stick to tradition here, let me tell ya).
Use it. I think parents who are considering a name should ask a person with that name how they feel about it, if it's an uncommon name you could always scour a forum.
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My Westie was born on the last day of the Athens Olympics and got Athena as her pedigree name (which we don't use). I've never met a human one, but it is used here in the Greek community.
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I'm the one who knows two in one class. I think that some names are just locally popular, which doesn't show in national rankings. I still wouldn't say the name is common. When my niece Raelynn was born, I remember seeing birth announcements for more girls named Rayna, Reina, and our second cousin's daughter is Rayleigh. There's also a boy about 2 years younger than them named Raylee. (poor thing. He's stuck with a girl's name.) I haven't heard of any Rae-/Ray- names being in the top 100 here yet, but it was popular here.
Back to Athena. I'm not sure if I'd use it, but there's nothing wrong with it imo. I would pronounce Athene /ah THENE/, but because I'm from the US and don't speak German.
Back to Athena. I'm not sure if I'd use it, but there's nothing wrong with it imo. I would pronounce Athene /ah THENE/, but because I'm from the US and don't speak German.
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I love Athena. I don't remember ever meeting an Athena, but I am surprised because it is still pretty common among Greek Americans here. Athena is pronounced as ah-THEE-nah in Greek, which is why you will sometimes see Greeks transliterate it as Athina.
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I like it and do not think it's too common. It was one of my very favorite names when I was younger. I like both versions but far prefer Athena. It's different while being very classical, i can imagine just about any type of woman with this name.
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Athena is pronounced "ah-THEE-nah".
Like I said, Athena is the Latinised form of Athene.
http://www.theoi.com/Olympios/Athena.html
Like I said, Athena is the Latinised form of Athene.
http://www.theoi.com/Olympios/Athena.html
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Ancient Greek names for the goddess were:
Ἀθηνᾶ, Athēnâ or Ἀθήνη, Athénē; Doric: Ἀσάνα, Asána
The city is called Αθήνα (Athína) in modern Greek (since 1970s). The Greek girls I've met with this name have the form Athina.
(If there are any Greek speakers here, please correct me if I'm wrong:-))
Ἀθηνᾶ, Athēnâ or Ἀθήνη, Athénē; Doric: Ἀσάνα, Asána
The city is called Αθήνα (Athína) in modern Greek (since 1970s). The Greek girls I've met with this name have the form Athina.
(If there are any Greek speakers here, please correct me if I'm wrong:-))
This message was edited 2/13/2010, 3:19 PM
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