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Help[Opinions] WDYT of Leakim?
And would this background improve or deteriorate your impression:
A singer named Mikael named his daughter this made-up name (easy to understand the name now).
I rather like, even though it is made-up. It sounds easy to say (similar to Joakim), Lea looks like a traditional girl's name (Leah) and Kim is also a girl's name (but also a boy's name in Sweden, a short form of Joakim). And it is certainly unique.
"But it’s all right now.
I learned my lesson well.
You see you can’t please everyone
So you got to please yourself."
Rick Nelson, Garden Party
"It does not become me to make myself smaller than I am." (Edith Södergran 1891-1923)
A singer named Mikael named his daughter this made-up name (easy to understand the name now).
I rather like, even though it is made-up. It sounds easy to say (similar to Joakim), Lea looks like a traditional girl's name (Leah) and Kim is also a girl's name (but also a boy's name in Sweden, a short form of Joakim). And it is certainly unique.
"But it’s all right now.
I learned my lesson well.
You see you can’t please everyone
So you got to please yourself."
Rick Nelson, Garden Party
"It does not become me to make myself smaller than I am." (Edith Södergran 1891-1923)
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There is a well-known citizen of Jamaica who was born Michael James but has changed his name to Leahcim Semaj:
http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/columns/html/20041106T230000-0500_69004_OBS_DR_LEAHCIM_SEMAJ__THE_ONE_WHO_CAME_TO_TURN_THINGS_AROUND.asp
With Nevaeh and Semaj both now being popular in the USA, it seems like backspellings are becoming a regular way to create new names all over the literate world. :)
http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/columns/html/20041106T230000-0500_69004_OBS_DR_LEAHCIM_SEMAJ__THE_ONE_WHO_CAME_TO_TURN_THINGS_AROUND.asp
With Nevaeh and Semaj both now being popular in the USA, it seems like backspellings are becoming a regular way to create new names all over the literate world. :)
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Oh, is Semaj popular?
At least it is easer to spell than Nevaeh.
Interesting story about Leahcim Semaj.
"But it’s all right now.
I learned my lesson well.
You see you can’t please everyone
So you got to please yourself."
Rick Nelson, Garden Party
"It does not become me to make myself smaller than I am." (Edith Södergran 1891-1923)
At least it is easer to spell than Nevaeh.
Interesting story about Leahcim Semaj.
"But it’s all right now.
I learned my lesson well.
You see you can’t please everyone
So you got to please yourself."
Rick Nelson, Garden Party
"It does not become me to make myself smaller than I am." (Edith Södergran 1891-1923)
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It looks like leukemia to me, but it sounds nice.
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It is not pronounced as "leekin" in Swedish
Lea is not pronounced as "lee" in Swedish but more as Lay-ah. So Leakim is a 3-syllabic name, just like Joakim.
But I can see how Leakim would be mispronounced in English, giving unwanted associations.
"But it’s all right now.
I learned my lesson well.
You see you can’t please everyone
So you got to please yourself."
Rick Nelson, Garden Party
"It does not become me to make myself smaller than I am." (Edith Södergran 1891-1923)
Lea is not pronounced as "lee" in Swedish but more as Lay-ah. So Leakim is a 3-syllabic name, just like Joakim.
But I can see how Leakim would be mispronounced in English, giving unwanted associations.
"But it’s all right now.
I learned my lesson well.
You see you can’t please everyone
So you got to please yourself."
Rick Nelson, Garden Party
"It does not become me to make myself smaller than I am." (Edith Södergran 1891-1923)
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Yes, I know...
But at first glance, I thought it said leakin. I figured it was pronouced LEE-ah-kim, and I was close!
But at first glance, I thought it said leakin. I figured it was pronouced LEE-ah-kim, and I was close!
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I hate how the english mispronounce names. I would love to call one of my sons Joachim but most likely won't because there would always be pronounciation problems here in NZ with it.
Care for some gopher Everett?
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This message was edited 1/2/2006, 5:38 PM
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But how is Joachim pronounced in English?
I though it was pronounced as Jo-ah-kim. Would people pronounce it differently in NZ?
(Joakim is pronounced as Yoo-ah-kim in Swedish.)
"But it’s all right now.
I learned my lesson well.
You see you can’t please everyone
So you got to please yourself."
Rick Nelson, Garden Party
"It does not become me to make myself smaller than I am." (Edith Södergran 1891-1923)
I though it was pronounced as Jo-ah-kim. Would people pronounce it differently in NZ?
(Joakim is pronounced as Yoo-ah-kim in Swedish.)
"But it’s all right now.
I learned my lesson well.
You see you can’t please everyone
So you got to please yourself."
Rick Nelson, Garden Party
"It does not become me to make myself smaller than I am." (Edith Södergran 1891-1923)
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I think they would pronounce it jo-ah-kim but I pronounce it yo-AH-kim, well similar to that. There's probably not a single Joachim in NZ. If I was to name a son Joachim I guess people would get use to the pronounciation, like how people have gotten used to the "yo" pronounciation of Johanna and Johannes.
Care for some gopher Everett?
-Oh Brother Where Art Thou?
-Oh Brother Where Art Thou?
This message was edited 1/2/2006, 5:50 PM
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Hej Ylva,
According to SCB, there are 15 girls/women in Sweden named Leakim and 6 boys/men, so it's not unique, but very rare.
To me, it sounds male ... and quite interesting ;)
/ Satu
http://www.nordicnames.de/
According to SCB, there are 15 girls/women in Sweden named Leakim and 6 boys/men, so it's not unique, but very rare.
To me, it sounds male ... and quite interesting ;)
/ Satu
http://www.nordicnames.de/
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Interesting
Wonder if the parents to all these girls and boys also wanted to honor a Mikael or if it is a "real" name in some language.
"But it’s all right now.
I learned my lesson well.
You see you can’t please everyone
So you got to please yourself."
Rick Nelson, Garden Party
"It does not become me to make myself smaller than I am." (Edith Södergran 1891-1923)
Wonder if the parents to all these girls and boys also wanted to honor a Mikael or if it is a "real" name in some language.
"But it’s all right now.
I learned my lesson well.
You see you can’t please everyone
So you got to please yourself."
Rick Nelson, Garden Party
"It does not become me to make myself smaller than I am." (Edith Södergran 1891-1923)
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