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Hayden and Hester
I love Hermione but I don’t think I could use it as a first name now as most people will immediately assume that I got it from Harry Potter and no doubt people will often bring that up. When if fact it’s a very old name and anyone who was in to Greek mythology will likely have come across it as she was the daughter of Menelaus and Helen of Troy. Along with Shakespeare using it in A Winters Tale in 1610 and at least two British actresses Hermione Ferdinanda Gingold who played the grandmother in a film I enjoy from 1958 and Hermione Norris a tv actress I have seen in quite a few things.
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I love Hermione but I don’t think I could use it as a first name now as most people will immediately assume that I got it from Harry Potter and no doubt people will often bring that up. When if fact it’s a very old name and anyone who was in to Greek mythology will likely have come across it as she was the daughter of Menelaus and Helen of Troy. Along with Shakespeare using it in A Winters Tale in 1610 and at least two British actresses Hermione Ferdinanda Gingold who played the grandmother in a film I enjoy from 1958 and Hermione Norris a tv actress I have seen in quite a few things.
Don’t take criticism from someone you wouldn’t take advice from
This message was edited 3/24/2025, 3:49 AM
