help with spelling needed.

[maybemaybee]

My partner and i are set on the name leif for our baby boy, but we cant agree on the spelling. I thought it was Leif as in the singer, Leif Garret, but DP knows a friend who's spelling is laithe. Another friend of ours has a friend spelt laithe too. Help needed!

dp will be very smug, bugger.

I know a Laithe. Pronounced Lay-th. I think his Dad is Iranian or something like that.

Hm the only Leif I know is pronounced like Life...but then he is german...I do think though that that is also the scandinavian pronounciation and it is a scandinavian name....

huraah thanks for helping me decide, three laithe's is good enough for me. And i really dont want him to be called leaf PMSL. Thanks for all the helpful posts

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dont like that either, fussy bugger amn't i! no leaf's! though the meaning is qute pretty, not sure about for a boy though.

Would choosing a name like this which no-one knows how to pronounce or spell (including you!) be a bit problematic for your child?
It's clearly totally up to you but it would put me off.

I knew a Dane called Leif. Pronounced Life. Which was ok except we had a miserablist friend whose favourite saying, muttered frequently, was 'Life's a shit'.

rowlers, i think you cant really go wrong with the laithe spelling, its pretty much as it sounds isnt it. Leif however which was how i thought it was spelt, seems to have many pronounciations.

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No it doesnt! i doubt many kids will be looking up his name!

I know a Layth, pronounced Lay-th. I thought the name was Islamic when spelt like that, but I'm not sure.