Message: "Iphigenia" - Behind the Name

Iphigenia

by Claire H

3/26/2006, 4:13 PM

WDYT?

I really like how this looks but I'm not exactly sure on the pronounciation.. anyone know?

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- BrittneyD

3/27/2006, 4:38 PM

Mrs. Doubtfire?

I will only ever picture Robin Williams' in a fat suit portraying an old english woman -- Mrs. Doubtfire! I don't care for this name at all!

This message was edited 3/27/2006, 5:06 PM

- JBrianna (guest) +1

3/27/2006, 6:35 AM

Iphigenia.. don't you mean "Iphigenea" by any chance? or is this just an alternative spelling? As Iphigenea is the daughter of Artemis(?) in the Ancient Greek book the Ilias I believe.. anyway I pronounce it as EE-fee-ge-nie-ya

- Bear (guest)

3/27/2006, 9:53 AM

Close, but no cigar.

Click on the name Iphigenia. She was the daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra (sp?).

- Adelle (Adelle Sofia)

3/26/2006, 4:53 PM

Bear is correct. If you've ever seen Mrs. Doubtfire (Robin William's movie), it is a name he uses in it.

Honestly, I like it! I don't know that I'd use it, but I like the look and even the sound! NNs are annoying, though, but maybe if it were the MN it wouldn't be a problem.

- Bear

3/26/2006, 4:28 PM

I adore this name! The only down side is a nn. Iffy? Jenny? Genie? Nie-a?

I pronounce it (and have always heard it as) "if-ih-jen-IE-a." But if someone said it should be "if-ih-JEE-nee-a" or "if-ih-JAY-nee-a," I couldn't really disagree. Those are probably closer to the original pronunciation.

This message was edited 3/26/2006, 4:32 PM

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