And why would it be nicknamish,
Leo is a formal name in itself?
I think of the Russian author
Leo Tolstoy (I think the Russian name is
Lev, but it always says
Leo Tolstoy.
"You sought a flower and found a fruit. You sought a spring and found a sea. You sought a woman and found a soul. You are disappointed."
"It does not become me to make myself smaller than I am." (
Edith Södergran 1891-1923)