Can I call my baby Lief?

[Tollygunge]

Just that really. Expecting boy and have no name. My choices are Fox, Cassius and Lief BUT I live in a pretty chilled out part of a city where names like these are the norm. For example, we swam with a little boy called Winter. Will my poor child suffer with such a name? I would pronounce Leaf and we have no Scandinavian roots. Quite the other side of the equator in fact...

[RusholmeRuffian]

If you are going to use it, it should be spelled Leif

[Tollygunge]

Ah, wasn't sure re spelling

[Chocolatteaddict1]

My dn gets called 'leaf' shortened from Aleatha.

It's not for me sorry.

[DropYourSword]

Yep, you can. DH knew a Leif - I like it!

[Floggingmolly]

Why would you consider calling your child Fox??

[INeedSomeHelp]

Leif Garrett? Anyone? No, just me then. Realises just how old I actually am.

[Tollygunge]

Ha, I like Fox! I think it's kinda cool and edgy.

[Icapturethecastle]

My first thought was Leif Garrett as well! I like it much more that the Fox.

[Pantsalive]

I thought of Leif Garrett too Ineed. I'm also that old!

[mrsschu]

Fox is dreadful and I'm not keen on Cassius either. If you were spelling and pronouncing Leif the Scandinavian way it would probably be fine but pronouncing it Leaf is very silly IMO.

[LionsAndTigersAndBearsHaha]

Leif Garrett sprang to my mind too, lol.
Most people if my age would remember him and pronounce it as Leaf.

[originalmavis]

Lieg Ericsson?

[ranatemp]

How about the spelling Leefe - name of a WW1 hero in my area? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leefe_Robinson

[brookeberry]

I like Leif and Fox. Go for what feels right to you

[Tollygunge]

Ranatemp- thanks!! That's what I want. Anyone got any other suggestions?

[DaphneWhitethigh]

I think if you want to call your DS Leaf, pronounced Leaf, like a bit of the tree then that's absolutely fine. Nothing wrong with having a hippyish name, and DS can say "my name's Leaf, yes, like on a tree" for the rest of his life, which is fine (I have a name whose spelling needs explaining like that and it's perfectly OK).

Calling them Lief, or Leif but pronouncing it Leaf would be weird.

[GRW]

I know a toddler called Reef. I wasn't sure at first but now I think it suits him. Leif is ok.

[LuckySantangelo1]

Love all three but agree with other posters that spelling it Leaf would be best. Love the name Fox!

[Fletcherl]

Raef

[kelda]

Lief, pronounced similar to leaf, is actually a dutch name. Short for Lieven (male) or Lieve (female).

[HumptyDumptyBumpty]

What about Liev, like Liev Schriebrer?

[DafferDill]

I like Fox. I wouldn't worry too much what people on here say about it. I've come to realise that if they haven't heard a name before it's a "no way" until they've heard it a few times then it's 50/50 who likes it. When it becomes fairly popular it's a "yes it's lovely". Unless it's a chav yoonique name, then it's a "no way, not ever"

[Cerseirys]

Unless your surname is Richards, then I say go with Leif!

[BloodyPlantagenets]

I knew an adult Leif, pronounced leaf. I like it.