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Just saw this on the Games board and was reminded of my affinity for it. It's one of those names that doesn't really fit in my style, but doesn't really not fit, either.
1. WDYT of Nyx? Could you see it used for real on a child?
2. Regardless of your answer for one, please humor me and make some combos with it (FN or MN).
What are the convulsions of a city in comparison with the insurrections of the soul?
Man is a depth still greater than the people.
1. WDYT of Nyx? Could you see it used for real on a child?
2. Regardless of your answer for one, please humor me and make some combos with it (FN or MN).
Man is a depth still greater than the people.
This message was edited 7/15/2006, 10:45 PM
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I can *not believe* no one has yet suggested Stevie Nyx!
I thought y'all were dedicated name nerds, honestly! *LOL*
Okay, that was too easy. Let's get serious a minute.
It's easier, obviously, to make Nyx a mn because it's one syllable, and it ends in X, making it tough to put it before any number of letters. Like S, for example, which gets buried by the X sound. But heck, let's get the hard part out of the way, try making it a fn first. Probably best in front of vowels, mostly. And Greek ones at that. Now, you know me. I always do alliteration and assonance. Being thus forewarned, do any of these grab you?
Nyx Acacia
Nyx Adora
Nyx Alanis
Nyx Alicia
Nyx Alexandra
Nyx Anastasia
Nyx Anise
Nyx Anne (focus with me, don't let yourself hear Nixon!)
Nyx Anthea
Nyx Antonia
Nyx Appollonia
Nyx Ariadne
Nyx Claire (clear night - now c'mon, that's pretty)
Nyx Carys (it's the Ys)
Nyx Elena
Nyx Elisabeth
Nyx Eudoxia (hey, why not; it's the 2 Xs attracting me, of course)
Nyx Katera
Nyx Katharine
Nyx Katrienne
I thought y'all were dedicated name nerds, honestly! *LOL*
Okay, that was too easy. Let's get serious a minute.
It's easier, obviously, to make Nyx a mn because it's one syllable, and it ends in X, making it tough to put it before any number of letters. Like S, for example, which gets buried by the X sound. But heck, let's get the hard part out of the way, try making it a fn first. Probably best in front of vowels, mostly. And Greek ones at that. Now, you know me. I always do alliteration and assonance. Being thus forewarned, do any of these grab you?
Nyx Acacia
Nyx Adora
Nyx Alanis
Nyx Alicia
Nyx Alexandra
Nyx Anastasia
Nyx Anise
Nyx Anne (focus with me, don't let yourself hear Nixon!)
Nyx Anthea
Nyx Antonia
Nyx Appollonia
Nyx Ariadne
Nyx Claire (clear night - now c'mon, that's pretty)
Nyx Carys (it's the Ys)
Nyx Elena
Nyx Elisabeth
Nyx Eudoxia (hey, why not; it's the 2 Xs attracting me, of course)
Nyx Katera
Nyx Katharine
Nyx Katrienne
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someone has a daugther named Persephone Nyx.
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Who? A celeb? Someone here?
~Lillian~
Proud daughter of Ann and John
Proud sister of Lauren and Leah
Proud wife of David
Proud mother of Alexander, Scarlett, Sophia, and Gideon
~Lillian~
Proud daughter of Ann and John
Proud sister of Lauren and Leah
Proud wife of David
Proud mother of Alexander, Scarlett, Sophia, and Gideon
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a person from a random BA :)
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How do you do it?
You must be really patient to come up with all these!
I like:
Nyx Olympia
Nyx Ophelia
Nyx Ursula
Nyx Linnea
Artemis Nyx
Pandora Nyx - probably my favorite entirely
Persephone Nyx
Nephele Nyx - kind of cool meaning, but probably too "dark"
Ariadne Nyx
Callista Nyx
Thank you so much! :)
What are the convulsions of a city in comparison with the insurrections of the soul?
Man is a depth still greater than the people.
You must be really patient to come up with all these!
I like:
Nyx Olympia
Nyx Ophelia
Nyx Ursula
Nyx Linnea
Artemis Nyx
Pandora Nyx - probably my favorite entirely
Persephone Nyx
Nephele Nyx - kind of cool meaning, but probably too "dark"
Ariadne Nyx
Callista Nyx
Thank you so much! :)
Man is a depth still greater than the people.
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I sit with four books in my lap in front of my screen
Sometimes it takes me two hours to answer one post! *LOL* But honestly, I think of it as linguistic sudoku. I find it very relaxing. And when an OP really catches my imagination, as Nyx did (honest to goodness, my first thought was Stevie Nyx!), I very much enjoy creating combo lists like this.
And frequently end up adding one or two to my collection! After all, I did it for you, but I did it, so I don't feel guilty about sometimes keeping a combo I've made for someone else. Besides which, I'll never use any one I create-then-keep, because I've had all my kids. Plus, I'm one who happens to think that name combos don't belong to anyone anywhere, no matter who thnks they made them up first (certain people's rants about certain names get under my skin - like no one else could ever in a million years come up with it - whatever).
I have a whole name category (which I didn't post the other day) called "inspired by other people's favorite names." I have Hawkeye Scirocco on it because of Array, for example.
In this case I'm having a hard time deciding amongst Artemis Nyx, Pandora Nyx and Persephone Nyx, but leaning toward the first.
Anyway, I'm quite pleased you like the list! That's really what keeps me comin back. Cheers!
:-)
~Lillian~
Proud daughter of Ann and John
Proud sister of Lauren and Leah
Proud wife of David
Proud mother of Alexander, Scarlett, Sophia, and Gideon
Sometimes it takes me two hours to answer one post! *LOL* But honestly, I think of it as linguistic sudoku. I find it very relaxing. And when an OP really catches my imagination, as Nyx did (honest to goodness, my first thought was Stevie Nyx!), I very much enjoy creating combo lists like this.
And frequently end up adding one or two to my collection! After all, I did it for you, but I did it, so I don't feel guilty about sometimes keeping a combo I've made for someone else. Besides which, I'll never use any one I create-then-keep, because I've had all my kids. Plus, I'm one who happens to think that name combos don't belong to anyone anywhere, no matter who thnks they made them up first (certain people's rants about certain names get under my skin - like no one else could ever in a million years come up with it - whatever).
I have a whole name category (which I didn't post the other day) called "inspired by other people's favorite names." I have Hawkeye Scirocco on it because of Array, for example.
In this case I'm having a hard time deciding amongst Artemis Nyx, Pandora Nyx and Persephone Nyx, but leaning toward the first.
Anyway, I'm quite pleased you like the list! That's really what keeps me comin back. Cheers!
:-)
~Lillian~
Proud daughter of Ann and John
Proud sister of Lauren and Leah
Proud wife of David
Proud mother of Alexander, Scarlett, Sophia, and Gideon
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Well, it is much appreciated! Even if I don't plan on seriously using a name, I love bouncing it around, seeing what others think and of course, finding combos with it. Even if I don't take a name seriously at first, the right combo can change that.
What are the convulsions of a city in comparison with the insurrections of the soul?
Man is a depth still greater than the people.
Man is a depth still greater than the people.
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I LOVE Nyx, as a MN onlly.
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1. I like it as a name, but I personally wouldn't use it on a real child because it always makes me think of the Greek goddess (well, personification). Not that it's a bad association - I just have a hard time imaging names I strongly associate with one particular person/character on anyone else.
2. Alrighty...
Nyx Amabel
Nyx Isra
Nyx Iseult
Nyx Wren
Nyx Deirdre
Nyx Alice
Nyx Circe (too themey?)
Nyx Viola
Nyx Odile
Nyx Evangeline
Nyx Zephyrine
Nyx Beatrice
Nyx Anastasia
Nyx Fiona
Nyx Ciara
Nyx Faye
Nyx Imogen
Nyx Judith
Nyx Theodora
Nyx Pilar
Nyx Lavinia
2. Alrighty...
Nyx Amabel
Nyx Isra
Nyx Iseult
Nyx Wren
Nyx Deirdre
Nyx Alice
Nyx Circe (too themey?)
Nyx Viola
Nyx Odile
Nyx Evangeline
Nyx Zephyrine
Nyx Beatrice
Nyx Anastasia
Nyx Fiona
Nyx Ciara
Nyx Faye
Nyx Imogen
Nyx Judith
Nyx Theodora
Nyx Pilar
Nyx Lavinia
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Nyx.
1. No, I would never use this for real on a child. Nyx (pronounced Nix?) means only "veto" in my mind (as in "sorry, but I have to nix that idea). Plus, the yx looks a little strange.
2. Name combos (it's late at night, okay?)
Nyx Flynn (sounds kind of fantasy-like)
Nyx Xavier (ha! How many can say they have double x's in their name?)
Nyx Channing (sounds like a movie star)
Nyx Frey (sounds like Pig-latin...)
Nyx Heath (don't know why I like this one)
Ira Nyx (pronounced vaguely the same as 'ironic(s)'- woop)
Logan Nyx (I really like the name Logan)
Lucius Nyx (Lucius means light, Nyx mean night, near opposites, and they rhyme)
Nigel Nyx (another movie star)
Well, there you go. You likey? (You can undoubtedly see me regress into my night-mindedness:) .
God bless!
EDITED: because I must add I didn't realize Nyx was feminine.... it's very late at night.
1. No, I would never use this for real on a child. Nyx (pronounced Nix?) means only "veto" in my mind (as in "sorry, but I have to nix that idea). Plus, the yx looks a little strange.
2. Name combos (it's late at night, okay?)
Nyx Flynn (sounds kind of fantasy-like)
Nyx Xavier (ha! How many can say they have double x's in their name?)
Nyx Channing (sounds like a movie star)
Nyx Frey (sounds like Pig-latin...)
Nyx Heath (don't know why I like this one)
Ira Nyx (pronounced vaguely the same as 'ironic(s)'- woop)
Logan Nyx (I really like the name Logan)
Lucius Nyx (Lucius means light, Nyx mean night, near opposites, and they rhyme)
Nigel Nyx (another movie star)
Well, there you go. You likey? (You can undoubtedly see me regress into my night-mindedness:) .
God bless!
EDITED: because I must add I didn't realize Nyx was feminine.... it's very late at night.
This message was edited 7/15/2006, 11:00 PM
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lol!
It's 2am here. I understand. Thanks for the effort, though. :)
What are the convulsions of a city in comparison with the insurrections of the soul?
Man is a depth still greater than the people.
It's 2am here. I understand. Thanks for the effort, though. :)
Man is a depth still greater than the people.
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Nyx is like Pax. Both are names I want to like, uncommon but not too far out there. Unfortunately because of the word nix Nyx just doesn't cut it with me. But I want to like it, I really do.
Nyx _______
Hyacinth
Lucia
Jessamine
Emilia
Lucretia
Trinity
Esmeralda
Celeste
Miriam
Isadora
_______ Nyx
Persephone
Juliet
Violet
Blythe
Cecily
Isolde
Genevieve
Monica
Zoe
Elizabeth
“It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.”
~Mark Twain
Nyx _______
Hyacinth
Lucia
Jessamine
Emilia
Lucretia
Trinity
Esmeralda
Celeste
Miriam
Isadora
_______ Nyx
Persephone
Juliet
Violet
Blythe
Cecily
Isolde
Genevieve
Monica
Zoe
Elizabeth
~Mark Twain
This message was edited 7/15/2006, 10:58 PM
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Yeah, I like it so much, but it seems sort of not usable, hence the Question. (I may eventually have a pup with this name, though!)
Thanks for the suggestions. If I see a combo that jumps out, I'll move it back to people name possibility. :) The problem is that the ones I think are lovely and so perfect (like Isolde Nyx) just seem even more out there than Nyx itself. Alas. Thanks, though.
What are the convulsions of a city in comparison with the insurrections of the soul?
Man is a depth still greater than the people.
Thanks for the suggestions. If I see a combo that jumps out, I'll move it back to people name possibility. :) The problem is that the ones I think are lovely and so perfect (like Isolde Nyx) just seem even more out there than Nyx itself. Alas. Thanks, though.
Man is a depth still greater than the people.
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I just realized
that I didn't answer the second part of your first question. Could I see it on a real live child? Yes, but not on my real live child. On someone else's, someone else much more non-conformist than I. Someone who writes FU in the memo part of their property tax payment check. Someone more free-spirited who associates Nyx more with mythology and less with nihilism.
“It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.”
~Mark Twain
that I didn't answer the second part of your first question. Could I see it on a real live child? Yes, but not on my real live child. On someone else's, someone else much more non-conformist than I. Someone who writes FU in the memo part of their property tax payment check. Someone more free-spirited who associates Nyx more with mythology and less with nihilism.
~Mark Twain
This message was edited 7/15/2006, 11:27 PM
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I like it because of the mythology. haha... Appealing as it is, I wouldn't ever write FU on my tax return, though.
http://www.pantheon.org/articles/n/nyx.html
Ignoring the later offspring, I think it's really cool to think about how night itself (which is seen as dismal and, well, dark) bears essentially Dawn and Day. I quite like the night for its own merits as well, but the goddess story of Nyx is a solid reminder of night's intricate union with day.
What are the convulsions of a city in comparison with the insurrections of the soul?
Man is a depth still greater than the people.
http://www.pantheon.org/articles/n/nyx.html
Ignoring the later offspring, I think it's really cool to think about how night itself (which is seen as dismal and, well, dark) bears essentially Dawn and Day. I quite like the night for its own merits as well, but the goddess story of Nyx is a solid reminder of night's intricate union with day.
Man is a depth still greater than the people.
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