Talk:Alexis Leskinen/@comment-37.136.83.26-20160605101906/@comment-2001:999:41:760B:582D:AEAC:5C30:9F5-20180807013115

" But Alexis is clearly russian, if his firstname was "Aleksi" that would hold water. Maybe he has russian and finnish parents mr. Leskinen and ms. Ivanov (place holder russian surname)  "

Reply: Alexis is not _clearly_ russian. I'm not saying that it couldn't be tho, but Alex and the other forms of the name (Alexa, Alexeir, Alexir, Alexim, Aleksi, Lex, etc.) are from all over the globe, every country has it's own twist, but that is not the point, because Alex (the variations too) is so common name around - i mean i.e. the author can just pick name "Maria" because it is so common/international if they cannot come up with any specific name for the character... you know what i mean? Maybe the author was in a hurry or couldn't find any fitting name for Alexis Leskinen at the time other than Alexis or maybe they tought Aleksi was too finnish with the surname and all. It depends on impression they want the character to give for the audience. - BUT then again Leskinen really is clearly finnish surname without a doubt and it should be guestioned why they wanted to pick clearly finnish surname to someone who has blonde hair and blue eyes (or other first- or surname that is 100% from some specific country with the specific facial features) without a connection that character is somehow related to finland.

My whole point is that the name Leskinen is really interesting choice and i'm looking forward to see if we can get any hints of his background in the future as the story goes on. I'm not saying that the russian background is totally out of the guestion, but i doubt it and that's why i wanted to reply.

And by the way Ivanov is for mr and Ivanova is for mrs if speaking of russian surnames (when you put that ms ivanov on your example i tought you didn't know how the russian surnames work)