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Lysistrata Vickers is a character in A Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (the prequel to The Hunger Games Trilogy). She is a resident of the Capitol and a mentor in the 10th Hunger Games.
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Lysistrata was NOT some sort of Greek feminist hero. She and her female friends all withheld sex as a means to stop their husbands from going to war constantly, however, they were were still only valued for sex, childrearing and without any rights, as was the societal view. Greek men (ancient) generally took to pedastry, now known as pedophilia. Sex with women lead to pregnancy and to avoid that, sex with teen boys made more sense, apparently. TBF it was a different time. It was still written by a man so the women ultimately gave into their own carnal desires, anyway. This said, it is a hilarious play. I just don't want anyone to think that naming your daughter Lysistrata is the equivalent to naming her after Amelia Earhart or Rosa Parks - women who actually stood up for women's rights a/o pioneered the way for women into new fields of study.
Consider this if you're thinking about using this name. If you visit Greece, what connotation would it carry? Look at the graph of use in Greece. IF someone in Greece named their daughter "Candy", a classic prostitute/stripper name, we'd feel pretty bad for the kid in the US as she would not realise that she's basically been given a porn name and no one will ever take her resume seriously. Just think about it.
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Consider this if you're thinking about using this name. If you visit Greece, what connotation would it carry? Look at the graph of use in Greece. IF someone in Greece named their daughter "Candy", a classic prostitute/stripper name, we'd feel pretty bad for the kid in the US as she would not realise that she's basically been given a porn name and no one will ever take her resume seriously. Just think about it.
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This just reminds me of the musical Lysistrata Jones, which my favorite actor is in, so I guess it's okay.
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Even though I think Lysistrata is quite pretty, I would never name my daughter this, or even a character this, for two reasons:
1. It can come across as even more pretentious than Clytemnestra (which I disagree with about being pretentious, but that's a debate for another time).
2. It's the name of a play about women withholding sex from their husbands. A comedy, yes, and one with a strong message, but teasing galore!
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1. It can come across as even more pretentious than Clytemnestra (which I disagree with about being pretentious, but that's a debate for another time).
2. It's the name of a play about women withholding sex from their husbands. A comedy, yes, and one with a strong message, but teasing galore!
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The meaning is awesome and it's pretty different from other names, but I'm not fond of how it sounds. You can get a lot of nicknames from it like Ly, Lyra, Sissy, Ray, etc. So, overall, I like this name. And from what the other comment said, the movie sounds funny. XD.
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Lysistrata is the title of a famous comedy by Aristophanes, in which women successfully use their sensual power to bring their husbands home from the Trojan War. (The women had threatened to withhold all lovemaking unless the men returned home immediately.) The woman who organizes the female characters is also called Lysistrata.
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