Lysander

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What do you think? Is it too much?

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

Love it!

I like it!

Nice and unusual, I only met one Lysander before and he is probably in his 30's now.

I thought of this name the other day and wondered about it! Following with interest.

How do you pronounce it? Just as it's written? Never seen it before where is it from?

Shakespeare- Midsummer Night's dream

@mrsshelby44 this is what she knows.com have to say
'Latin Meaning:
The name Lysander is a Latin baby name. In Latin the meaning of the name Lysander is: Liberator.
Greek Meaning:
The name Lysander is a Greek baby name. In Greek the meaning of the name Lysander is: Liberator. Lysander is one of the main characters in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream.
Shakespearean Meaning:
The name Lysander is a Shakespearean baby name. In Shakespearean the meaning of the name Lysander is: A Midsummer Night's Dream' In love with Hermia.'
And yes prounounced like it's written

Makes me think of Jilly Cooper - the man who made husbands jealous.

Its super-posh!

Reminds me of a Jilly Cooper novel but I do quite like it! Not sure I'd be brave enough to use it though!

Lysander was a descendant of Hercules, and a Greek military and political leader who won the final victory for Sparta in the Peloponnesian War.

I like it as a name, but do be aware that it's very Jilly (main character in 'The Man Who Made HusbandsJealous'

Grenadier Guards:

"Some talk of Alexander, and some of Hercules
Of Hector and Lysander, and such great names as these'

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

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

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!

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

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

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

@m0therofdragons 😂

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

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.

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

Hope he never get nits

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

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

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.