Articles by lesliemarion

Leslie McLean has loved words and names since she was a toddler. A teacher of high school English and Creative Writing in Northern California, she is known on Nameberry as lesliemarion. She is in the process of creating a blog of her writing about names and myriad other fascinations which will be listed here soon.

Tue Feb 04 2014

The Origins of Owen

Guest blogger Leslie McLean mourns the name, and the son, who live only in her heart.

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