The Name Game Part Two

Leonie is an old French name that is regaining popularity. It means “Lioness.” Our friend’s son recently named their newborn daughter Leonie, and in France, the second syllable is more pronounced.

Jennifer is Jen NI fer

French Names all you need to Know

When you want to say your name in French, you can say:

Je m’appelle… (my name is) + your name.

A rose by any other name would smell as sweet” is a popular adage from William Shakespeare‘s play Romeo and Juliet, in which Juliet seems to argue that it does not matter that Romeo is from her family’s rival house of Montague. The reference is used to state that the names of things do not affect what they really are. This formulation is, however, a paraphrase of Shakespeare’s actual language. Juliet compares Romeo to a rose saying that if he were not named Romeo he would still be handsome and be Juliet’s love. This states that if he were not Romeo, then he would not be a Montague and she would be able to marry him without hindrances.”
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I hear you call my name and it feels like home.



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