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Thanks for letting me know "Nope."


~ Lizzy

It's ancient Roman name, that's what I can tell. In old Rome, there was a historian of that name, and also a rebell against Caesar. Maybe there are clues at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassius ?

Thanks for the link, Tom.

His name has received pretty broad-based application, hasn't it ?


~ Lizzy

O, do you not remember? Have you not known?

Muhammad Ali (a.k.a. Cassius Clay) is the person Leonard most admires. "Takes a licking but keeps on ticking." But they could hardly name the little tyke, Muhammad.

Muhammad Cohen. It has a ring.


YdF

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I actually do remember that. Not sure that this preference would necessarily have been passed on through Adam to his own son, though... though, he may have offered Leonard a choice in all of this; or they may have studied together [seems likely] to determine the best of all possibles for this beloved newborn. Time will tell, if and when they decide to share their details.


~ Lizzy

The nick-name will be Ali. Ali Asher. Perfect.


YdF

Young dr. Freud wrote:

Muhammad Cohen. It has a ring.


YdF

Yep, and they'll have to be very 'circumspect' about how they bring him up.

"and if you want a boxer?"


For now, I'm sure the baby himself doesn't mind about all this. Completely in peace with the world like babies are.

Teratogen wrote about Leonard's grandson:
>Sometimes some things skip generations, so perhaps this young man will take after his grandfather someday.


Your father must have been a talented man.

The tradition in Greece is the first male grandchild
to take the name of the paternal grandfather.

(Talk about patriarchy!)

So, we'd have a Leonard Cohen Jr.


Dem

In Greece, would it be the equivalent of Leonard Cohen, Jr. or Leonard Cohen II ?

The latter always looks better in print.


~ Lizzy

Lizzy
in Greece very seldom a son would take the name of his father.

So we don't have Jrs here.

And yes, Leonard Cohen II is better.

Like J.Paul Getty II

Dem

You're right, Dem... for either Jr. or II in such a circumstance as this, we'd have had to skip a generation in the first place, which would leave us with a Leonard Cohen III, without there having been a Jr. or a II, and a Jr. or II not being applicable. Sticky-wicket, indeed.


~ Lizzy

Congratulations to Mom, Dad and Granddad!

Asher has to be my favourite bible name...

And Cassius is ok. But... Cassius Cohen? Hm. Gimme Asher Cohen any day. I hope he's a chip off the old granddad block - only happier.