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Thoughts on Lysander

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17caterpillars1mouse · 18/08/2017 18:15

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StandardLampski · 18/08/2017 20:03

Lysander Hawkley Grin I love it but I also love Jilly Cooper !

DancesWithOtters · 18/08/2017 20:02

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florascotianew · 18/08/2017 20:00

Sounds nice but is rather military. This may not matter, of course. Lysander was a Greek hero (Spartan admiral en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lysander), and since then his name has become a by-word for military toughness. There's the very, very famous song 'The British Grenadiers' : "Some talk of Alexander and some Hercules/And Hector and Lysander, and such great names as these...." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_British_Grenadiers and also the World War II 'Lysander' spotter-plane and bomber. Etc etc

This is personal, but I really, really, really dislike 'Xander'.

Auntpodder · 18/08/2017 19:50

I know of two adult Lysanders. The one I know best is a bit weird but ok. Both are enormously posh.

Sugarpiehoneyeye · 18/08/2017 19:47

Vair posh, vair nice !

pestov · 18/08/2017 19:47

I know one and the name suits the sib set vibe that mum wanted. Parents also considered Caspar and Horacio. Nn Sandy or Zander. All kids have very a trad middle name to balance out the frou

schoolgaterebel · 18/08/2017 19:44

I would think 'that poor child' with a name like that. Sorry.

SleepFreeZone · 18/08/2017 19:43

I like it. Nickname though? Ly? 🤔

Pizzaexpressreview · 18/08/2017 19:40

prescription for scabies is exactly how it sounds!

Argeles · 18/08/2017 19:38

I really like it - go for it!

When I was a teenager, I used to say that if I had a son when I was older I'd definitely call him Demetrius, or Lysander if the former was 'too much' for my DH. Unfortunately my DH doesn't like either name!

PhuntSox · 18/08/2017 19:36

Wasn't Lysander a Greek hero, like Hector?

SumAndSubstance · 18/08/2017 19:24

I think it depends on whether you have a reason for choosing it. Our child has a very unusual name and I'm always glad that we do have an explanation when people ask us why we chose it. I think it we didn't, we'd just look like try-hards (maybe we do anyway!) and their eyebrows would go even higher. The explanation appeases them.

Crumbs1 · 18/08/2017 19:12

Sounds like a prescription only lotion for scabies. Sorry.

Decaffstilltastesweird · 18/08/2017 19:04

dances

I know someone who used to have a cat named Lysander.

ClashCityRocker · 18/08/2017 19:03

The obvious abbreviation sounds like 'Lice' so that puts me off.

Or maybe Sandy, which I'm not keen on.

Other than that, I like it, but the shortenings put me off and it's quite a big name to live up to.

Plus there's a pub near us called the Lysander (after the plane) so that would put me off - although I realise this is unlikely to be an issue for op!

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Becles · 18/08/2017 19:02

Roll with it OP- Demetrius

Decaffstilltastesweird · 18/08/2017 18:59

I don't love it.

I think it's quite niche and could be hard to pull off. I can imagine it suiting some men, but not others, which I think makes it a bit of a gamble iyswim.

WaaWaaWaaa · 18/08/2017 18:58

My mum ways used "Hector and Lysander" as a mock-swear!

Pickleshickles · 18/08/2017 18:57

Love it!!

greendale17 · 18/08/2017 18:52

Very upper class and posh

Sophronia · 18/08/2017 18:48

Love it! I like Leander and Evander too.

daisypond · 18/08/2017 18:43

I think Shakespeare, too - but not in a particularly good way. Yes, I know it's not Lysander's fault he's under a spell, but all the same... I wouldn't.

Muddlingalongalone · 18/08/2017 18:32

Jilly Cooper
Not for me I'm afraid

early30smum · 18/08/2017 18:29

Not a fan, sorry!