Comments on: Name of the Day: Leif

By: SophieGray

SophieGray — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 13:07:10 +0000

Ooh, Leif is one I find absolutely charming He’s simple and snappy, and He’d definitely make me smile if I saw him on someone else’s kid, but I don’t think I’d use him myself.

He reminds me a bit of Joaquin Phoenix – I think it was him, anyway – who said that when he was younger, he switched his name to ‘Leif’ so he fit in with his brothers and sisters because he felt left out amongst River and Summer etc!

By: Bek

Bek — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 19:04:37 +0000

I really like Leif a lot. It’s been on my long list for quite a while, though I find it a bit hard to say with our last name, as it lends to the last name being pronounced incorrectly… But I really like simple, strong and short names for boys – Reid, Leif, Ewan, etc.

“He sounds like the kind of baby who should be toted around state parks in a frame pack.” That’s our kids

By: Lola

Lola — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 18:53:37 +0000

I knew a Leif! We went to grammar school together, he had a Scandnavian surname so it meshed, to me. I think it’s pretty neat, actually and completley agree with your summation: Simple, exotic, familiar & underused.

I find Leif snappy and fresh and as for Leif Garrett, he’s one of the few that I didn’t mind then, don’t mind now and wouldn’t mind a kid of mine being linked to. Now if only Leif MacK–ie didn’t sound like a Viking come to town….

Leif is cool. Easily spelled, familiar but not likely to be duplicated. Very cool indeed!