Leofric

[greekyogurtaddict]

DH is very keen on this name. He has been watching/reading 'The Last Kingdom' by Bernard Cornwall and is a history enthusiast in general. The name is pronounced "Lay-off-rich' on the show with emphasis on the first syllable but I believe "Lair-frich" or "lair-vrich" is more accurate. The name sounds nothing like "Leo". I would probably be saying it "lair-frich". Has anybody met one outside of a history book to confirm this?

I actually like the sound of the name. My concern is that he will spend his entire life explaining how to pronounce his name to anyone that didn't grow up in coventry hearing the lady Godiva story regularly. Also, that it sounds a little like we are trying too hard to be different as it isn't exactly a classic anglo saxon name like Alfred or Edward and therefore sounds a bit fantasy genre.

I already have a girls name in mind thankfully!

It's one of those 'ooh aren't we ever so literary' names. Your child's name isn't a vehicle for you to show off about your interests - see also people calling their kids Atticus without ever having read TKAM.

Would YOU like to be called it? Would you like to walk into meetings and introduce yourself to strangers as it?
Get dh to use it as his name for a month and then decide.
It is truly awful.

I would never normally criticise someone's name choice but I really think you have to stop your husband pursuing this one!

Is this a joke?

Save it for a cat or dog.

Don't do it. It's horrible and will be a total nightmare for the child to have this name.

Also people will just say Leo Frick. And will never be able to spell it from sound. It makes life harder to have a name like this. So unnecessary.

Definitely not! Lairy as a nn? Or Frick? No one will know how to spell or pronounce it. An all around terrible idea.

@lunar1

Either you or your husband change your name to that one, give your child a name that isn't a complete burden.

Agree

Lousy to do that to a little child. No way.

That's a very difficult name to live with. I think you should set aside your personal interests in this instance and consider the life you will be foisting on your child.

I love The Last Kingdom and Leofric is a great character but I agree it's too hard for people to pronounce.

How about Osferth or Erik or Sihtric? Maybe easier to pronounce.

Leo-fric

Awful. Why do that to your kid?

I know the name well (by which I've read it in lots of books etc) and I wouldn't have pronounced as you do.
I would have said LAY - o - frick.
I don't hate the name but I think it's a tricky one to wear. (And I do suspect he would end up Leo!)

Or Ragnar?

I love the name Lagertha due to the Viking series but it would be a ridiculous baby name

Yes @TigerLilyTail cross posted!

I wouldn’t use a name that has “frick” in it.

Well I love it, and wish we used more Anglo Saxon names.

But it seems that society is not equipped.

I imagine him in the play ground being called Leo the Freak. Don't do this to him

Leofrik of Mercia. He was often merciless he was never kind. Plus married to lady Godiva. Interesting choice

Honestly MN is full of people gasping in horror at names that someone might have to tell others how to pronounce 

I know quite a few people who have names that aren't pronounced the way you'd initially think (Irish) but they only have to tell people once how it's said. I think it shows an element of laziness in not wanting to consider names that aren't absolutely commonplace or "in fashion". Some of the names suggested regularly on MN would probably be considered "try hard" and pretentious where I'm from.

Name your DC what you want and love @greekyogurtaddict if the kid really objects they can shorten to Leo or go through deed poll when they're older. They won't be scarred for life

You're GIVING somebody a name. It's a gift. A present. You need to think "will THEY like it?", not whether YOU will like it.

I think it's not good. Maybe your DH should change his name to it if he likes it so much?

Maybe because I am also Irish and see that people are capable of learning new and sometimes complicated names pretty quickly, I don't see why people are objecting so strongly here.

I've never heard of it and think it's an interesting name (and not "interesting in a bad way" as one PP stated!). I think it's a name that might suit if you were a little on the posh side (hope that's not offensive!!). Along the lines of say, Tarquin.

However the closeness to Leo, while not being pronounced the same, might make it a bit harder for people to grasp?

@HomeHomeInTheRange

Well I love it, and wish we used more Anglo Saxon names.

But it seems that society is not equipped.

Not equipped

I think naming trends have just changed since Anglo Saxon times.

@Firebird83

I wouldn’t use a name that has “frick” in it.

Definitely this. Isn't frick a euphemism for fuck?