Leto?

[peeriebear]

Please be gentle with me :)
Leto is a classical Greek name but it's female (mother of Apollo). However I love it as a boy's name and am kind of stuck on it. What does it say to you? Anything? Nothing? I have never heard of or met any, male or female (apart from a character in Dune!)
I would like to add that I am not a Jared Leto fan :)

I love this name for a girl , but I have been told in no uncertain terms that due to Paul Atreides's dad and Jared, I have to let go of it. I think of it like Hero and Io - it is a girl's name but unless you know the Greek stuff, you may not know that.

See, I liked Duke Leto in Dune, he sounded like a good role model :o
The killer is that even DH likes it, and his normal suggestions make my head spin. And it goes well with our surname (one syllable, Scandi sounding).

Nobody else?

Ummm cross between Lidl and Netto?

Sorry...

Jared Leto That is all.

LOL, give us a bit longer, it's not even an hour since the OP yet :o

I assumed Leto was a boy's name when I saw the thread, because there are quite a few boys names ending in "o". How do you pronounce it? Is it Letto, Lee-toh or Ley-toh?

It just reminds me of Jared Leto. I think if I know the history begins a name & it's a feminine one then I wouldn't like using it for a son. If you like it just use it though . You'll never please everyone.

I need answers nooowwww Step! :o
I think if I knew any female Letos I'd feel different but I've never even heard of any.
I'd pronounce it Lay-to (like Potato...)

He might win the Lotto - good omen.

OK! Well, it's different but it's growing on me :) Quite nice I'd say.

Jared. Delicious as Jordan Catalano, bit creepy since.

Ah, another Dune fan

I LOVED My So Called Life! I love all the Greek names but I don't think I'd use it for a boy, despite it sounding masculine...

Sorry for the useless comment!

Doesn't it mean bed in Italian. But double T. Not keen at all.