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[Opinions] Leon

by Bex

9/19/2012, 9:27 PM

Leon is growing on me lately, I love the nn Leo but its a bit too common. I love Leopold but its probably too much!

What do you think of Leon?

What would be nice middle names for Leon?

Does Leon fit with: Daphne, Winifred, THeodore and Ignatius

I do worry that Leon is too short.

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- Nyx (Tawnee)

9/24/2012, 8:56 PM

I love Leon. It is simple but strong and also handsome. I like it tons more than boring old Leo.

I think Leon goes nicely with Ignatius but not the others.

Leon Magnus
Leon Dashiell
Leon Benedict
Leon Marshall
Leon Xavier

- Thetxbelle (guest)

9/20/2012, 9:23 PM

Leonidas

I like Leon but if you think it's too short would you go for Leonidas? It goes well with Ignatius

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- Violet (dlilly)

9/20/2012, 8:17 PM

I was thinking about Leon a week or so ago. It's growing on me too. However, I still prefer Leo at the moment.

I think Leon fits with Daphne, but not as much with your other names.

- Ranchie

9/20/2012, 7:11 PM

I really do like Leon. I don't think it is too short and it definitely fits.

Leon Alexander
Leon Michael
Leon Thomas
Leon Robert
Leon James
Leon Terrence
Leon Roger
Leon Francis

- kudriashkajo (jodirae)

9/20/2012, 11:44 AM

Leon is okay. Somehow I can't quite shake the used-car-sales-man vibe though. Weird.

Personally, I think Leopold is great and goes much better with DAphne, Winifred, Theodore and Ignatius than Leon does.

- humblebee

9/20/2012, 7:27 AM

I'm warming up to Leon, too. It's not a name I ever paid much attention to in the past, but lately I can see its good qualities.

Leon Everett
Leon Abel
Leon Timothy
Leon Benedict
Leon Samuel

I think Leopold would actually be a better fit with Daphne, Winifred, Theodore, and Ignatius than Leon. To me, Leon has a different vibe, more plain spoken and blue collar, than the others.

- hyacinthus (BBH) +1

9/20/2012, 5:38 AM

I like it ONLY if there is an accent aigu: Léon.

- bex (guest)

9/20/2012, 2:06 PM

thats good in theory.. in practice it will never work. No one bothers with those in Australia. I had a student Zoe with the dotsn over the e. No one ever did it and by the time she got to high school she had dropped them herself.

- Alcyone

9/20/2012, 5:20 AM

I really like it. It fits in with the other names, but I think that Theodore and Leon are a bit too close for brothers. If you used the nickname Ted or Teddy rather than Theo or Theodore without a nickname, then it would be less problematic, of course. Much as I like Theo and Leo, I dislike rhyming sibling names, nicknames included.

Middle name ideas:
Leon Seth
Leon Victor
Leon Maxwell
Leon Wilfred
Leon Willis
Leon Marcus
Leon Magnus
Leon Miro
Leon Sidney
Leon Arthur
Leon Avery
Leon Charles
Leon Charlot
Leon Charlie
Leon Jasper
Leon Jude
Leon Icarus
Leon Ward
Leon Patrick
Leon Raymond
Leon Walter
Leon Ferdinand
Leon Frederick

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- Fiammetta (lady murasaki)

9/20/2012, 3:17 AM

I like it, and it fits nicely with your other choices.

Leon Spencer
Leon Carl
Leon Edward
Leon Alexander

- miss_smiley

9/20/2012, 1:15 AM

I like Leo a lot, and I think Leon is growing on me too, but I still prefer Leo at the minute.

I think it fits with your other names yes.

- xPrincess27x +2

9/20/2012, 12:17 AM

I like Leon. I think Leon looks modern whereas Daphne, Winifred, Theodore and Ignatius are more "old" so I don't think it fits with them.

Leon Melvin
Leon Bernard
Leon Antwan
Leon Andre
Leon Ervin
Leon Jacob
Leon Deandre
Leon Martin

- Alcyone

9/20/2012, 5:21 AM

Interesting. I think of Leon as more "old." I've heard it referred to as an "old man" name at least once.

- bex (guest)

9/20/2012, 12:46 AM

Yeah thats what I originally thought about Leon, but its growing on me. I also think more about Lyon in my head.. if that makes sense.

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