[Opinions] Robert & Leona
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I'm the opposite. I love Robert--if it didn't sound 'off' with my last name, I would probably have named my son Robert--but I dislike Leona. All I can think of is the late Leona Helmsley, "Queen of Mean" and committer of tax fraud. It just feels like a sour, beady-eyed, old lady name to me, rather than a classic that is ready for revival.
I am irrationally fond of Leona because it is my mother's name.
However, it's interesting to see it called a "classic". I don't think Leona was in use in English speaking countries before the latter half of the 19th century. I guess to me to call a name "classic" it has to have been in regular use for at least three or four centuries. :)
However, it's interesting to see it called a "classic". I don't think Leona was in use in English speaking countries before the latter half of the 19th century. I guess to me to call a name "classic" it has to have been in regular use for at least three or four centuries. :)
I'd have to say that I love them both. Leona is beautiful with the added benefit of being a name that would totally catch me off guard--it's not one that I really expect to see people using. And Robert's a classic, which I like. I like it much more now that I've actually met people who go by the full name as opposed to Rob or Bob; the whole name has a good sound to it that you don't hear all the time.
I'd probably like them just as much if the tables were turned and they were considering Roberta and Leon, too. :-)
I'd probably like them just as much if the tables were turned and they were considering Roberta and Leon, too. :-)
Don't like either.