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Perdita is one of those buried treasures that deserves more attention than it gets. I too pronounce it with the stress on the first syllable. That's the only down-side that I see, the pronunciation. I can see a lot of headaches because the natural tendency (at least here in the U.S.) if you've never seen / heard it before is to make it sound Spanish, with the stress on the middle syllable. But I still think it's worth reviving.

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If I listed all the combos that I like / loved, I'd be here all morning. So I'll list the ones that work particularly well in style and flow:

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Perdita Alice (this feels very natural to me)
Perdita Cecily
Perdita Eloise
Perdita Enid
Perdita Eulalie (I'm using the American, "yoo-LAY-lee" pronunciation)
Perdita Gwendolen
Perdita Hazel
Perdita Ione
Perdita Iris
Perdita Joan
Perdita Leonie (both French and English pronunciations work well, although I lean towards the French here)
Perdita Lucy
Perdita Marion
Perdita Maxine
Perdita Theodora
Perdita Violet
Perdita Vivien
Perdita Xanthe

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:-)

This message was edited 5/10/2011, 11:31 AM