Leofric.

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It's an anglo-saxon name for a boy, meaning basically "loved". Please discuss.

Don't be silly.

Excellent.

This is the kind of name (Cedric, Egbert etc) I just could not possibly get past DH, not a chance.

I rather like it but really you would have to call him Leo at all times I suspect.

He could be "Leo" for short and to his friends...

LOL Seeker that's what I kind of meant. I do like these mad names tho. Leo is nice, yes?

i quite like it

Oh dear!

I've heard of an Athelstan, shortened to Stan. Pretty cool.

It sounds a bit like your son is called Leo (a good name) and you have mild tourrettes. Sorry

Love it. DS has a similar anglo saxon name. If he'd been a girl he would have been Elfreda (Freddie). They are much neglected i think although Winifred etc. are coming back into fashion - i find them good strong names.

I love it on Westminster Cathedral wall - all those fabulous old names of the saxon archbishops then after 1066 it all changes and they are all Roberts and Williams.

I actually quite like it.

With my DP, it's this or "Snorri" ("spear" also nordic) which will instantly be transliterated to "Snotty" by all his friends.

Snorri - probably works well in Scandinavia but not in English!

Sounds like a guesthouse that's been named by two people joining their names together. Like the one down the road called the
HildGeoff Guesthouse. I kid you not.

Basically, what do you think the chances are of our boy being picked on for this?

errrr, no. Leo is fine, the fric bit is not fine at all

I love it.

SITMWY - my DS hasn't so far. But he is only 8 - however i can't see it happening. i think not naming a child a name you love because they might get picked on by some small minded shits at school is a rubbish reason *

• Unless that name is Arsene of course.....

Ok, not everybody hates it... That's enough for me.

(Port That is my only defence against Snorri..)

Love it! Anglo-Saxon names are awesome. One of DS2's MNs is Alaric, and I was so tempted to go with Alban for DS3, in the end we went for Cuthbert, another fab AS name.

I love Alaric and Alban, also Urban, Theodoric and a few others of that ilk. I think Leofric is nice.

surprise did they not consider that actually geoffhild sounds better and rolls with much more ease off the tongue?

Trying too hard I'm afraid.

If its the matter of him being picked on for having that name..then i think you are right to be concerned.

I would just want to burst out in song: c'est chic!