Re: Oleander
in reply to a message by Zsófia
Oleander - mildly amusing: sounds like Oh, Leander! Pretty, fragrant, toxic ... not my style at all.
Calix - Caylix. Not even slightly name-like. OK it's botanical, but so is Stalk.
Rosen seems incomplete, maybe in need of a surname ending: Rosenkowitz, or even Rosencrantz
Jacek - all the Jaceks I've known have gone by Jack, so whoever named them need not have bothered.
Antonio - oh dear, so people are still falling for that false etymology.
Calix - Caylix. Not even slightly name-like. OK it's botanical, but so is Stalk.
Rosen seems incomplete, maybe in need of a surname ending: Rosenkowitz, or even Rosencrantz
Jacek - all the Jaceks I've known have gone by Jack, so whoever named them need not have bothered.
Antonio - oh dear, so people are still falling for that false etymology.