| Title: | A list of All the BABYNAMES (shadow copy) |
| Notice: | BABYNAMES is now on-line and writable! Enjoy... |
| Moderator: | OASS::BURDEN_D |
| Created: | Tue Feb 13 1996 |
| Last Modified: | Fri May 30 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
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I am due Dec. 22nd and am considering for a girl's name-
Selene. (Pronounced sel-UH-nee) I believe I read this name in an
Isaac Asimov book, "The Gods Themselves", one of my favorite science
fiction books.
My boyfriend's last name is Schweitzer, thus Selene
Schweitzer. What a mouthful!
Has anyone ever heard this name before-pronounced this
way? Believe it is an unusual pronunciation-but want to make sure
it isn't real common in other parts of the country? (Have heard
of sel-een or sel-en-a, but not Sel-UH-nee.)
Sandy
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| 394.1 | a few suggestions | CAPNET::BARKER | Fri Jun 02 1989 08:52 | 10 | |
No, I have never heard that pronunciation of Selene. Personally I
prefer the Se-leene version.
And yes it is quite a mouthful!! Maybe a non-"S" name would be better,
like Vanessa? or Rebecca? How about Rachelle -- pronounced with a
soft "ch" sound like Rashelle? That is kind of nice, don't you think?
A.B.
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| 394.2 | KAOFS::S_BROOK | Here today and here again tomorrow | Fri Jun 02 1989 12:04 | 11 | |
Seleene -----
possible explanation follows - I doubt it, but the similarity makes
it feasible ...
from Saline meaning salt
?
!
Stuart
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| 394.3 | Moon Child | SHALOT::ANDERSON | Give me a U, give me a T... | Tue Jun 06 1989 12:55 | 15 |
Selene was the Greek goddess of the moon. Her name is (according to my dictionary) pronounced suh-LEE-nee. I distinctly remember hearing the name prounounced suh-LEEN however. One thing you might want to consider is spelling it differently to reflect the pronunciation -- selunee ??? Another thing to consider, though: is that really the way it's pronounced? Typically, when you emphasize a syllable, you give it some stronger sound than the schwa (the "uh" sound). So, should it really be se-LUH-nee or suh-LEE-nee? Some other variants to consider (all of which eliminate spelling and pronunciation problems pretty well): Selina, Selena, and Celine (which is really a pet form of Marcelline, but at least gets the pronunciation across). -- Cliff | |||||