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Help[Opinions] WDYTO Lex?
A friend is expecting a boy in August and is planning to name him Alexander James. She's planning to use the nickname Lex.
I love Alexander, but it's very overdone. I guess she realizes that, and that the most common nn for Alexander is Alex, and wants to be more original. But rather than use Lex, I'd avoid Alexander altogether. I think Lex is somewhat effeminate. I keep making jokes about it. My daughter disagrees and thinks it's fine.
What do you think of Lex as a nn for Alexander?
I love Alexander, but it's very overdone. I guess she realizes that, and that the most common nn for Alexander is Alex, and wants to be more original. But rather than use Lex, I'd avoid Alexander altogether. I think Lex is somewhat effeminate. I keep making jokes about it. My daughter disagrees and thinks it's fine.
What do you think of Lex as a nn for Alexander?
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Lex is great!
I think Lex is a fantastic alternative to Alex, because as you mentioned both Alexander and Alex are very common. The only Lex you really hear about is Lex Luthor from Superman. Unfortunately he was a bad guy, but it's still a great name!
I think Lex is a fantastic alternative to Alex, because as you mentioned both Alexander and Alex are very common. The only Lex you really hear about is Lex Luthor from Superman. Unfortunately he was a bad guy, but it's still a great name!
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I love Lex, and find it to be more masculine than Alex, because I can only see a girl being called it if her name was Lexi and people still wanted to shorten it. I'm not a fan of Alexander, but I think Alexei and Alexis and nice and would use them with the nn Lex.
Tell your friend congrats!
Tell your friend congrats!
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Lex is an awesome nn
and to my ears it's about the least 'effeminate'* shortening of Alexander available, now that Alex is so common a girls' nickname and Sasha is commoner on girls than boys. There's Xander, I suppose.
I think it's a brilliant NN, especially as my first association for it is Lex Shrapnel, a British actor who I recently saw perform in Shakespeare's Histories cycle and loved. That's got to be one of the coolest names ever :D
* Out of interest, would you take the same kind of issue with a very 'masculine' nickname on a girl? I don't mean to cause offence, it's just that a lot of my favourite male names regularly get described as 'effeminate' and therefore bad, by people who simultaneously acclaim boyish names on girls = strong. The double standard really gets me.
and to my ears it's about the least 'effeminate'* shortening of Alexander available, now that Alex is so common a girls' nickname and Sasha is commoner on girls than boys. There's Xander, I suppose.
I think it's a brilliant NN, especially as my first association for it is Lex Shrapnel, a British actor who I recently saw perform in Shakespeare's Histories cycle and loved. That's got to be one of the coolest names ever :D
* Out of interest, would you take the same kind of issue with a very 'masculine' nickname on a girl? I don't mean to cause offence, it's just that a lot of my favourite male names regularly get described as 'effeminate' and therefore bad, by people who simultaneously acclaim boyish names on girls = strong. The double standard really gets me.
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Yes, I think I would have the same issue with a masculine nickname on a girl. I don't like boyish names on girls, such as Tommie or Billie, and I don't like surnames on girls either. I dislike the name my stepsister chose for her baby girl, Parker. So I think I'm pretty consistent on this. I definitely feel that a name can be strong while still being feminine.
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I know a Lex
I know an Alexander nn Lex, about 17 yrs. old. I really just like the sound of Lex, not for any particular reason. Plus, Alex is more feminie to me.
I know an Alexander nn Lex, about 17 yrs. old. I really just like the sound of Lex, not for any particular reason. Plus, Alex is more feminie to me.
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I don't find Lex feminine, but I don't find it attractive, it sounds really annoying and contrived to me. I much prefer Alex or Al which seem much more natural, or just Alexander on it's own with no nn.
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I am so sick of Alexander and other Alex- names. It would probably be a favorite if I wasn't tired of it, and I was tired of it years ago. I see the name everywhere, boys and girls.
Point being, I am liking the nn Lex. I really like Xander and Xandra (for a girl), but they are getting trendy/popular. Lex is cute, and I'd think about using it if I could find another suitable first name.
Point being, I am liking the nn Lex. I really like Xander and Xandra (for a girl), but they are getting trendy/popular. Lex is cute, and I'd think about using it if I could find another suitable first name.
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I agree Lex looks feminine, and moreover it means "law" in Latin. That's what it makes me think of.
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Lex Luthor! m
That's what I think of when I hear it, and therefore I don't find Lex to be feminine at all. I don't particularly like Lex as a nn, but it isn't terrible and it's uncommon. That way he won't get lost in all the Alexs.
That's what I think of when I hear it, and therefore I don't find Lex to be feminine at all. I don't particularly like Lex as a nn, but it isn't terrible and it's uncommon. That way he won't get lost in all the Alexs.
This message was edited 4/30/2008, 7:30 AM
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Honestly, I don't like it on a boy (or on a girl, for that matter, although at least it sounds gender-appropriate on a girl.) Just sounds tacky and Dynasty-esque in my opinion, not to mention the Lex Luthor reference.
It is unfortunate that Alexander is so overused, because its a wonderful name. What about using Zander/Xander, or Sacha/Sasha or Alek, or Olek?
It is unfortunate that Alexander is so overused, because its a wonderful name. What about using Zander/Xander, or Sacha/Sasha or Alek, or Olek?
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Zander/Xander is nice. I'd like to try to talk her into it, except that I think I'd be overstepping if I did so. Well, if little Lex doesn't like his nickname, he can choose to go by another one when he's old enough. At least she's using it as a nickname and not a full name.
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I don't like nn.But from Lex and Alex I prefer Lex
This message was edited 4/30/2008, 6:22 AM
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