Message: "WDYTO Leon?" - Behind the Name

[Opinions] WDYTO Leon?

by LadyBug18

12/8/2005, 1:31 PM

I've been thinking the name Leon is kind of cute lately. WDYT? Can you suggest some middle names?

Also WDYTO Jack Rowan? I've just added it to my boy's favorites list. Or do you like Jack Alexander better?

Also WDYTO the girl's name Jaspa? Have you ever heard it before?

Thanks! :)

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Replies

- Donham

12/8/2005, 3:30 PM

I think of Roseanne Barr's boss on her show. The only real Leon I know is a really old man, so I can't picture it on a small child.

- Elphi +2

12/8/2005, 2:20 PM

I like Leon (people don't really think Trotsky when they hear it, do they?), I think it's a lot better than Leo!!! Leo has a NN feel to it (and is tied to DiCaprio now), but Leon is a real name that works on many different levels.
Maybe
Leon Andrew
Leon Arthur
Leon Konrad / Conrad
Leon Curtis
Leon Darren
Leon Declan
Leon Franklin
Leon Howard
Leon Martin
Leon Patrick
Leon Russell
Leon Samuel
Leon Sebastian
Leon Spencer

Jack Rowan sounds ok, but I can't say I like it. Jack is a NN, I really prefer John as the given name. Jack Alexander I don't like at all.

Jaspa is an unknown name to me, and I don't go for it. Sounds like someone yawning. Sort of made up warning too.

- Eilis (Suibhne) +1

12/8/2005, 2:26 PM

Trotsky

I think of Trotsky, but only after I think of anarchist assassin Leon Czolgosz. I don't have the best historical associations with this name, apparently.

Similarly, when people ask questions about the use of Lennon as a first name I usually picture myself mistaking hearing it in real life as Lenin. :-)

- Elphi

12/8/2005, 2:31 PM

Well... I think of Trotsky too, that's why I wrote it, but I don't think SO much of Trotsky that it rules out using the name. And in all fairness, Trotsky is a better association than Leon Czolgosz!
Funnily, my husband cannot hear a difference between Lennon and Lenin, it must be the American pronounciation that does it. Regardless I don't think Lennon should be used as a first name, but I shouldn't highjack this thread to rant about that.