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HelpLeone or Leo?
Hi !!!
I can't decide what variant of this name is actually my favourite.
Leo (LEH-oh) is 'lion' in Latin while Leone (leh-OH-neh) has the same meaning but in Italian, my mother tongue.
I like Leo because it is short and it don't need any NN. But I dislike it because it seems a 'peluche' name here because it is used as a NN for other names and very very rarely as full name.
I like Leone because it is stronget and more complete as a name and its meaning is immediate to me because it is an Italian common world. But for the same fact I'm afraid it could be ridicolous on a person (like if an English child were be called Lion) and I'm afraid that this future child would be teased by classmates and after teachers and judged by adult people.
What do you think?
Give me an advice, please...
Byeeeeeeeeeee
Evergreens: Anastasia Angelica Aurora Basilio Cassandra Dante Dora Ester Fabrizio Fiammetta Flora Leone Levi Lilia Luna Morgana Romeo Rosetta Serafina Serena Stella Valentino
I can't decide what variant of this name is actually my favourite.
Leo (LEH-oh) is 'lion' in Latin while Leone (leh-OH-neh) has the same meaning but in Italian, my mother tongue.
I like Leo because it is short and it don't need any NN. But I dislike it because it seems a 'peluche' name here because it is used as a NN for other names and very very rarely as full name.
I like Leone because it is stronget and more complete as a name and its meaning is immediate to me because it is an Italian common world. But for the same fact I'm afraid it could be ridicolous on a person (like if an English child were be called Lion) and I'm afraid that this future child would be teased by classmates and after teachers and judged by adult people.
What do you think?
Give me an advice, please...
Byeeeeeeeeeee
Evergreens: Anastasia Angelica Aurora Basilio Cassandra Dante Dora Ester Fabrizio Fiammetta Flora Leone Levi Lilia Luna Morgana Romeo Rosetta Serafina Serena Stella Valentino
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I am not Italian but in America people get named things like Fox or Wolf or Hawk or Lark or Rain or River or Rowan. Most people here assume you are probably a hippie or an environmentalist or something along those lines. As someone who doesn't view it as a negative to be thought of in that manner I would have no problems with using any of those names. I don't know if in Italy there would be that same stereotype.
If it was me choosing I'd definitely choose Leone. I much prefer the sound and the fact that it has more substance than Leo. Plus Leo almost as much means lion as Leone. People in Italy will probably automatically connect Leo with lions anyway so in that regard there isn't much difference. You shuld just go with the one you prefer.
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If it was me choosing I'd definitely choose Leone. I much prefer the sound and the fact that it has more substance than Leo. Plus Leo almost as much means lion as Leone. People in Italy will probably automatically connect Leo with lions anyway so in that regard there isn't much difference. You shuld just go with the one you prefer.
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This message was edited 1/29/2017, 6:07 AM
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