Comments on: Name of the Day: Leander http://appellationmountain.net/2009/12/08/name-of-the-day-leander/ Where Every Name Has a Story Sat, 11 Feb 2012 23:32:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: newmum http://appellationmountain.net/2009/12/08/name-of-the-day-leander/#comment-21221 Sat, 28 May 2011 13:24:58 +0000 http://appellationmountain.net/?p=3834#comment-21221 We just named our son Leander. Not only doe we like its leonine quality, but we think the story of Hero & Leander is romantic & symbolizes a bridge between two lands (i.e. the Hellespont). It is also the ancient name of a lighthouse tower on a tiny islet in the beautiful Bosphorous Strait in Istanbul. Also, a Greek name is timeless & more appealing than the strange, concocted names currently en vogue. Nicknames are easy: Leo, Lee, Ander, Andy …

]]> By: Natalie http://appellationmountain.net/2009/12/08/name-of-the-day-leander/#comment-8373 Thu, 10 Dec 2009 23:42:28 +0000 http://appellationmountain.net/?p=3834#comment-8373 Like Leander but much prefer the similar Evander.

]]> By: Sebastiane http://appellationmountain.net/2009/12/08/name-of-the-day-leander/#comment-8359 Thu, 10 Dec 2009 16:22:50 +0000 http://appellationmountain.net/?p=3834#comment-8359 I want to like it, it is a great alternative to Alexander, a more substantial form of Lee etc, but it just does not do anything for me. I don’t know why.

]]> By: Bewildertrix http://appellationmountain.net/2009/12/08/name-of-the-day-leander/#comment-8349 Wed, 09 Dec 2009 20:20:12 +0000 http://appellationmountain.net/?p=3834#comment-8349 Mention Leander here and you’d probably get “That’s a cute girl’s name!”. In fact, I have mentioned it out of curiosity and did get a similar response.

Nice enough but not for me. And it reminds me of the highly toxic Oleander plant which I see far too much of in peoples’ gardens around here.

]]> By: photoquilty http://appellationmountain.net/2009/12/08/name-of-the-day-leander/#comment-8346 Wed, 09 Dec 2009 18:46:09 +0000 http://appellationmountain.net/?p=3834#comment-8346 It seems very frilly and feminine.

]]> By: Kelly http://appellationmountain.net/2009/12/08/name-of-the-day-leander/#comment-8345 Wed, 09 Dec 2009 17:33:52 +0000 http://appellationmountain.net/?p=3834#comment-8345 I like it! Another name that came to my mind when you mentioned Leander was Lysander (maybe you could make that a future Name of the Day candidate?).

]]> By: Charlotte Vera http://appellationmountain.net/2009/12/08/name-of-the-day-leander/#comment-8344 Wed, 09 Dec 2009 07:44:48 +0000 http://appellationmountain.net/?p=3834#comment-8344 I’m not a fan. Growing up I had a friend and classmate saddled with the very Dutch Leendert (now there’s an interesting NotD for you!). We were once at the same summer camp, and an “a” was accidentally added to his name on all the camp documents and posters. As a result, most of our fellow campers went around calling him “Leanne-dirt” for most of the week. They weren’t trying to tease him, that’s just how they honestly thought it was supposed to be said. However, the awkwardness of that pronunciation jumble resurfaces when I come across the similar-soundings Leander.

]]> By: Wrenn http://appellationmountain.net/2009/12/08/name-of-the-day-leander/#comment-8343 Wed, 09 Dec 2009 05:43:51 +0000 http://appellationmountain.net/?p=3834#comment-8343 I like Leander! It is pronounced Lee-AN-der? Not LEEN-der, right? I like the nickname options of Leo and Ander.

]]> By: Joy http://appellationmountain.net/2009/12/08/name-of-the-day-leander/#comment-8341 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 23:53:56 +0000 http://appellationmountain.net/?p=3834#comment-8341 Leah is mentioned here, and I always wonder why anyone chooses this name for a baby girl. If you know the bibical story of Leah, it’s like naming your daughter “homely older sister with weak eyes.” (Jacob was tricked into marrying Leah, when he’d actually been laboring for seven years to win the hand of her younger beautiful sister Rachel.) Why would anyone saddle their daughter with this name and story?

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