I've secretly loved the name Io for a little girl. I think it is a beautiful name for Jupiter's moon and I always thought that naming a child after a celestial body would help them to look skyward more often and maybe instill a sense of wonder and awe. But most things in the sky are named after Greek and Roman mythology, a connection I honostly didn't make with Io until tonight when I looked up the story of Io.

Such a sad tale (it just dawned on me that Bill and Hillary make a great Zeus and Hera) and one that I find very hard to draw any meaning.

Basically Zeus gets a little twinkle for Io so he conives her father into disowning her and driving her out of the village (a dating technique not used much anymore). Hera sees that Zeus is about to get a little what-what and turns Io into a cow (must resist Lewinski reference). Io then wanders for many years as a cow until she reaches Egypt where Zeus touches her and she regains her youth and beauty.

Whatever.

I'm also very fond of the name Antigone...