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...

Salmiak- that quote makes me like the name more I think. Perhaps I'll print it out on a vinyl sticker and put it over the nippers cot 😉

I like Lief and Fox, and if they sit well in your 'circle' so to speak then go for it.

Cassius reminds me a bit of Cass Pennant who was a West Ham football hooligan. Probably just me, but that's what springs to mind.

I really like Leif, I had it on my last list and would probably consider it for this baby but I have a Rafe, so too similar sounding for me.
I also had Fox on my list - I think its cool! My OH said we can't name our child after vermin

How about Wolf?

Leif is great, quite macho actually, sort of lumberjack- ish, whereas Leaf ..... Is bit wet and earnest.
Fox- no, not even for hippies, and Cassius, not personally keen but no negative connotations.

In Afrikaans Lief means love 😄

ipanema I like Rafe too, have considered it. It's quite popular but that doesn't really bother me. Hilarious re the vermin comment- I suspect my mother will say exactly the same (despite sneakily feeding the remains of the Sunday roast to the ones that visit her garden!
everysecond my friend called her son Jonathon at the same time our other friend had a daughter and called her Rain. Everyone was like 'Jonathon? What a strange choice' whilst nobody really mentioned the other name. I think living in London means traditional names are rarely heard- just the other day in the park I heard a little boy being called Bodhi. I also quite like this! Leif seems to be sticking. Have decided not to tell our parents until he is born and we've def decided then they'll be so besotted with him they won't feel able to criticise his name!

I know a woman with a son Fox. Kid's got orange hair. I don't think bullying has been an issue but it's something that would have crossed my mind!

Ha, this kids daddy is Asian so if there's ginger hair we have more than the name to worry about!

Makes me think of Leif Ove Andsnes, Norwegian pianist.

I love it, it's DS's middle name

No Scandinavia roots here either, the registrar asked and a couple of HVs/doctors have asked about it. I just loved the name and the meaning. For balance, my DM says it is a ridiculous, awful name and I have set DS up for a lifetime of being laughed at. She preferred Timothy

My first thought was tea leaf, rhyming slang for thief. Sorry.