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Lysander

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LastDrWho · 30/05/2018 21:09

What do you think? Is it too much?

I came across it and it keeps coming back into my mind... is it pregnancy hormones?!

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LastDrWho · 30/05/2018 22:25

Back off @Jammycustard 😂👍 I'll have to talk to OH but I think it'll be going on ours too

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Jammycustard · 30/05/2018 22:18

I’ve just put this on my list!

Groovee · 30/05/2018 22:17

I worked with a lovely boy called Lysander. Had never heard it before but he really suited his name.

Theworldisfullofgs · 30/05/2018 22:16

Jilly Cooper...

8mileeminem · 30/05/2018 22:15

Sorry I don't like it as I work near Lysander road

yikesanotherbooboo · 30/05/2018 22:15

It is unusual but not unheard of.Easy to spell and pronounce. I like it's associations. I have known 2, both now teens. I put it in the same category as Hector. I am not a fan of very unusual names in general but Lysander does have something about it.

MsP0b · 30/05/2018 22:14

What could it be shortened to? It would be bound to happen. Sandy?

Petalflowers · 30/05/2018 22:14

Love it (although also thought of Jilly Cooper)

DramaAlpaca · 30/05/2018 22:14

It's too much for me.

Pickleshickles · 30/05/2018 22:13

Love it!

Hollyhunter18 · 30/05/2018 22:13

It’s s middle name- he’s four. No
Problems in pronouncing it- I wouldn’t be concerned about that. Great name in my opinion.

BevBrook · 30/05/2018 22:12

Strangely although I am from the South of England and would say Alex-arn -der I wouldn’t say Ly-sarnd-er, it would be Lysander. No idea why.

BevBrook · 30/05/2018 22:10

There was a thread about Lysander only a few weeks ago, so perhaps it is getting more popular!

NotARegularPenguin · 30/05/2018 22:09

Ales me immediately think of Jilly Cooper but it was a good read. I love the name.

coragreta · 30/05/2018 22:09

Hope he never get nits

m0therofdragons · 30/05/2018 22:08

Sorry I wasn't helpful. On the plus side, people round here pronounce it with no issues. Grin

TatianaLarina · 30/05/2018 22:08

Lysander was a Spartan general and also a WW2 plane. Is it the Shakespeare connection that makes it supposedly ‘posh’? There’s no real reason for it to be.

If you’re southern it’s Lysarnder - so the sander reference is irrel.

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LastDrWho · 30/05/2018 22:06

@Hollyhunter18 how old is your sons friend? Any difficulties with pronunciation that you know of etc?

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LastDrWho · 30/05/2018 22:06

@m0therofdragons 😂

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Hollyhunter18 · 30/05/2018 22:04

It’s beautiful. My friend’s son has that name.

m0therofdragons · 30/05/2018 22:04

It's a main road name in my town so really hard to think of it as a dc name, I just see Morrison's, McDonald's, b&q and Lidl's, although the other side of the road has a beautiful park Blush

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LastDrWho · 30/05/2018 22:03

Is the Jilly Cooper novel a bad connotation? I had a look and it's from 1993... is it well known and relevant?

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LastDrWho · 30/05/2018 22:02

Oh I love that @mpsw

I'm only vaguely aware of Jilly Cooper.
But I guess I'd rather he made husbands jealous than be a jealous husband I guess!

My OH is now sending me voice memos of 'belt sander' and 'electric sander' after I suggested it so may have to let it sit with him a while before he feels the love for it too!

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Blaablaablaa · 30/05/2018 21:58

Sorry - jilly cooper and the man who made husband's jealous. That's the first thing that springs to mind

CheshireSplat · 30/05/2018 21:56

Definitely more Jilly Cooper than Shakespeare for me I'm afraid...

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