Wafflewaffle
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I think Leo 'the angel' from the tv show charmed
me too!!
I think Leo 'the angel' from the tv show charmed
I love Leonidas. Could you call him Leon instead?
My son has a Greek name that doesn't have an English equivalent, but I want my family to be able to call him something they can pronounce easily, so a shortened version of his name is "Leo". I've had more than one person tell me though that they automatically associate it with Leonardo DiCaprio and for some reason that really annoys me. (I've actually always liked the actor, but for some reason I don't want that to be people's first thought when they hear his name).
So, would you make the same association when hearing the same or something entirely different?
My first though was Leo the Lion cub, a cute fluffy version!
My second though is why not just get them to learn the kids proper name?
Can't be that hard can it??? It seems that he's soon to be confused with you and DH calling him one name, the IL's another and you are proposing a third name for your family.
So they can't pronounce Leonidas? Make them watch 300 I think it's an awesome name!!
With Leo I automatically think of the character from Charmed, lol xx
My first though was Leo the Lion cub, a cute fluffy version!
My second though is why not just get them to learn the kids proper name?
Can't be that hard can it??? It seems that he's soon to be confused with you and DH calling him one name, the IL's another and you are proposing a third name for your family.
I said the same thing, but I won't budge on what I want to call MY child. If his family doesn't like it, it's their problem
I love Leonidas. Could you call him Leon instead?
I actually quite like Leon, but I feel like a lot of Americans would associate that name with some Italian-American mobster from New Jersey or something
My first though was Leo the Lion cub, a cute fluffy version!
My second though is why not just get them to learn the kids proper name?
Can't be that hard can it??? It seems that he's soon to be confused with you and DH calling him one name, the IL's another and you are proposing a third name for your family.
I said the same thing, but I won't budge on what I want to call MY child. If his family doesn't like it, it's their problem
No you shouldn't budge on what you name your child. However you can't have separate rules for the 2 sides of the family.
If you want insists the ILs call him by his proper name you should also insist your family learn to say it. Therefore you have one child with one name rather than the ILs calling him one name, you his proper name and your family a shortened version of it.
That should also help your arguments with the ILs, he is to be known as X. Nothing else