leana = lay-on-a
We toyed with putting an accent on the ‘e’ to make it more obvious to anyone familiar with the French language but figured it would only get lost in the US and/or seem slightly snooty.
Jeff and I realize we have potentially done a disservice to our daughter by giving her a name that she will continually have to tell people how to pronounce, but we had some issues just finding something that we both liked and this was the winner. Anne Marie was chosen in honor of her great-grandparents Abe, Amelia, Molly, and Marie.
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I love the name Leana! Too much drama with the accents if you asked me. Good idea to leave them off or I would so think you are being stuck up. JK! Question about the great-grandparents. Is Molly male or female?
ReplyDeletefemale! Molly a man?
ReplyDeletemolly = my mom's mom
marie = my dad's mom
amelia = jeff's mom's mom
abe = my mom's dad
OH YEAH!!! I forgot she has more than 4 !!!!!!!!!! lol!!!!!! I was thinking maybe some crazy people in your family chose Molly for a guy!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteI was thinking maybe they were a non-traditional family.
ReplyDeleteI think Leana is totes pretty! Who cares if it needs clarification. It's like Adri Puh-rez. She'll get over it.
Beautiful name for a beautiful baby girl! I think it should be pretty easy to pronounce, but have people been weird about it?
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