LEED or LEAD???
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LEED or LEAD???
| Thu, 04-05-2007 - 3:13am |
Has anyone ever heard of the name Lead or Leed for a boy??( both are pronounced l-EE-d) I have heard that it has a scandanavian history to it. I am also curious as to which spelling you would all prefer.... Does Lead look like it would sound like "Led" ?

I prefer Leed. I would pronounce Lead like "led".
-Nikki
Although we are still unsure about the name itself....I think Leed makes more sense too. Thanks for you opinion!
Kayess
I've heard of Leeds as a fn.
I'm not familiar with this name. If I saw Leed, I would certainly know how to pronounce it. If I saw Lead, I would have to ask the parents (or child, if he was old enough) how to pronouce it; so to me Lead would be unnecessarily confusing. Plus, the immediate visual association of the name (if spelled "Lead") with the base metal (lead) is not a pleasant one, but maybe that's just me. So, if this were a name I was thinking of using, I would have to go with Leed.
LEED (in all caps) is an acronym for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, which is a rating system to evaluate the environmental performance of a building and encourage market transformation towards sustainable design. But I'm fairly certain most people wouldn't know or care. Besides, sustainability is a good thing!