Comments on: Name of the Day: Leandra http://appellationmountain.net/2009/04/20/name-of-the-day-leandra/ Where Every Name Has a Story Sat, 11 Feb 2012 23:32:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Leandra http://appellationmountain.net/2009/04/20/name-of-the-day-leandra/#comment-6142 Sat, 25 Jul 2009 21:02:22 +0000 http://appellationmountain.net/?p=2162#comment-6142 I used to really dislike my name at first, but over the years I started to come to like it. :)
Thanks for the info on my name. It’s quite interesting~

]]> By: Leandra http://appellationmountain.net/2009/04/20/name-of-the-day-leandra/#comment-5040 Wed, 20 May 2009 04:18:32 +0000 http://appellationmountain.net/?p=2162#comment-5040 I like my name because it’s original. Thanks for my names background information.

]]> By: Shelley http://appellationmountain.net/2009/04/20/name-of-the-day-leandra/#comment-4897 Fri, 08 May 2009 15:34:43 +0000 http://appellationmountain.net/?p=2162#comment-4897 My husband and I have four children and decided to go with the same intials for all of them which is LCS. Out of the four we have Leanndra Caitlin. It is spelled different with an extra “n” which we liked. She is beautiful, headstrong, take charge girl and her name fits her perfectly. We like that it unusual and not something you here a hundred times a day!!

]]> By: Christina Fonseca http://appellationmountain.net/2009/04/20/name-of-the-day-leandra/#comment-4639 Tue, 21 Apr 2009 04:32:10 +0000 http://appellationmountain.net/?p=2162#comment-4639 Strong and feminine – that is exactly how I perceive Leandra. Yes, I do like Leah, Leanne and Andrea, although I have never cared for Sandra.

The fact that it was never in the Top 500 and only appeared a few years in the Top 1000 makes it ideal for parents looking for a rare but not unheard of name.

Oh, and I second Emma’s suggestion of featuring Clive as the NotD. Awesome name.

]]> By: SophieGray http://appellationmountain.net/2009/04/20/name-of-the-day-leandra/#comment-4637 Tue, 21 Apr 2009 00:23:28 +0000 http://appellationmountain.net/?p=2162#comment-4637 Hate to be unoriginal, but I’m fourthing everything :)

I really do like Leander, but Leandra only reminds me of things like Sandra and Leah, who I’ve never been fond of. I can appreciate that she is pretty, but she’s not for me

]]> By: Emmy Jo http://appellationmountain.net/2009/04/20/name-of-the-day-leandra/#comment-4635 Mon, 20 Apr 2009 23:41:16 +0000 http://appellationmountain.net/?p=2162#comment-4635 I’ll third what Lola and JNE have said. Leandra is pretty, but I think I prefer Leander on a boy.

]]> By: JNE http://appellationmountain.net/2009/04/20/name-of-the-day-leandra/#comment-4632 Mon, 20 Apr 2009 21:08:26 +0000 http://appellationmountain.net/?p=2162#comment-4632 I’m with Lola on this one – Leander is fine on a boy, but I can’t get behind Leandra. I don’t like Lee/Leigh or Leanne and anding the -dra doesn’t change my feelings. I would prefer Oleander, I think. Lana is a favorite, but there are more preferable “full” names to get the nn, in my opinion. It’s that Leanne sound for me that is not doing it. It’s certainly not an awful name, by any stretch, just not for me.

]]> By: Lola http://appellationmountain.net/2009/04/20/name-of-the-day-leandra/#comment-4629 Mon, 20 Apr 2009 20:50:17 +0000 http://appellationmountain.net/?p=2162#comment-4629 I want to like Leandra, really but I already like Leander and that’s sort of where my admiration stops. To be fair, it does sound pretty but I also disliek Sandra, Lee/Leah, Andrea & Leanne. So maybe that’s it. I don’t mind those sounds on aboy (Sandy or Alexander, Lee on a guy, Anders, or Andrea on a boy (please!) but I don’t like them on girls. *shrug* no acounting for my weird wiring, I suppose.
I surely wouldn’t mind Leandra on someone else’s girl but I’d also never use it on mine. I should suggest this to Byron’s Mommy, It would make an excellent sister for him. I think I shall!

]]> By: Emma http://appellationmountain.net/2009/04/20/name-of-the-day-leandra/#comment-4627 Mon, 20 Apr 2009 20:38:20 +0000 http://appellationmountain.net/?p=2162#comment-4627 My immediate reaction was “NMS at all!”, probably, as you pointed out, due to it’s similarities to both tryndee current names AND (I wish I knew how to do italic on here!) dated features such as Lee, Sandra, Leanne and Andrea. But once again, a name has surprised me. I find myself rather fond of it; it’s pretty without knowing it! And I kind of like Leander for a boy (would be too afraid to use it, though!) so why not this? I’m also soft on the name Lana right now, which as you mentioned would make a somewhat appealing nickname.
Ps. May I suggest a rather unusual NOTD? My SO suggested Clive as a middle name for Arthur today and I kinda love it! Please would you make my day and feature it? :)

]]> By: photoquilty http://appellationmountain.net/2009/04/20/name-of-the-day-leandra/#comment-4626 Mon, 20 Apr 2009 20:29:39 +0000 http://appellationmountain.net/?p=2162#comment-4626 I like this name a lot! It’s pretty, sounds classical, yet isn’t an -ella name, so it sounds fresh, too. There’s a little boy Leander somewhere inmy neighborhood. I’ve seen him at story-time at our library. To look at his mom, I thought she would be a Jayden or Draven supporter, but no – she picked Leander. A very interesting name – and it goes to show you can’t judge a book by its cover. Of course, I don’t like Leander, but I do like Leandra a lot.

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