Well the first thing I would think is that the parents were inspired by the singer
Leona Lewis.
The second thing I would think is that it's one of those names that I get a specific weird vibe from. I'm not really sure how to describe this vibe, but I get it with names like Lanae and
Sienna and
Simone, too. I guess the best way I can describe it is that it seems like these names are almost too "smooth", which gives me... I dunno, this weird feeling. It's like a name made out of Spandex, it seems so smooth that it borders on this weird artificial feelings. It's almost impossible to describe, sorry I'm not of much help :P
After that I would think that it was nice that a baby was given a legitimate, unusual-but-not-bizarre name. I would also think it sounds a bit 80's.
ETA: I am pronouncing it as LAY-oh-na, not LEE-oh-na. I don't get the same vibe at all from LEE-oh-na; I think that's very very pretty.
This message was edited 10/25/2009, 5:27 PM