People are sniggering at my newborns name

she could get new friends maybe but not so easy to replace your mother

Good point, Besom!!

Would not be happy if my friends were so rude AFTER my baby was born and named!!

Don't change the name - get some new friends!

St Rocco is the saint with a dog! I like St Rocco.

Rocco is lovely. I've never heard of the porn star either.
Roscoe is nice too though if the name is really causing you so much upset you can't bear to keep it

I love Rocco and know a gorgeous 8 year old one.

I have NEVER thought/known about any porn relation. Honestly. Madonna maybe, but porn no.

I would stick with it. People will soon get used to it and think of your son when they hear it. And by the time your ds is a teenager this porn star will have been forgotten anyway.

Personally I think Ellis and Rocco are perfect together .

(Don't like Samson or Emerson very much)

I was thinking of Rocco Forte too. Nothing wrong with it at all. But then I don't watch porn.

There is also Sir Rocco Forte (of the Rocco Forte hotels chain) and he's worth 300million quid...

I knew an elderly Italian Rocco. It's fine if you have italian connections, I wouldn't choose it otherwise.

Are you the same person who agonised over what to call this child, then wondered about changing it, liked Beau etc etc? If so, then you really, really seem to be over-thinking all of of this imho.

Samson and Emerson are both terrible and whilst (as I said on your other multi-threads) I personally am not v fond of Rocco, it really isn't anybody else's business. If you like the name, then keep the name. If you change the name, I then imagine you'd be tempted to think about changing it again later. It seems a lot of fuss imho. Just give the poor child a name and stick to it and have done!

I think your biggest problem is that you chose such a lovely name for your ds1 that now nothing else lives up to it!

I think it sounds like something Katie Price would chose to name one of her children, but if it suits you, just ignore peoples' comments.

Rocco is a beautiful name. Rocky is a lovely nickname for a boy.
KEEP it.

You will end up calling him Rocky anyway!

I don't personally find Rocco such a brilliant name that I would keep it if I was uncomfortable with other people's reactions. Of the two others you are considering: Emerson and Samson, I prefer Samson.

If what your friends/family think is troubling you a lot, why not ask them what they think of those two names. Then change and keep Rocco as a second name. He's still really young, it is no problem to change at this stage and readjust to the new name.

Keep Rocco. I think it's really nice, My friend has a little boy called rocco, no Italian connection and I've never heard a negative comment. Every name has someone unsavoury who shares it, god knows why your friends know so much about porn stars! I think you might regret changing it.

You poor thing, what rude comments from people in RL. It's really not on to comment on a name or let on that you don't like it once the child's already been named that.

I'd only change it if you don't like it, not to please other people. Agree them knowing it's a porn star name says more about them.

On the practical side, if it is a pornstar, that isn't something children at school will know (one would hope)and by the time your son has grown up I'm sure this pornstar will be long gone and forgotten.

There's just been a happy birthday to a roscoe on cbeebies!

I really like Roscoe and think it would be a good way of sidestepping the porn accusation, but if roscoe doesn't grab you at all, then stick with Rocco.

Rocco Siffereddi springs to mind.

Excuse the pun.

If you like it, sod the rest of them.

I am sure there are plenty of people that will say they don't like any name you chose.

It is just one of those things!

i changed ds3 name after a week got fed up of how people pronouced it , was meant to Jago pronnounced Yago the cornish jacob but people kept calling him Ja-go.

Btw i like Rocco have ds1 and ds2 with names ending in O both italian

BY THE WAY - I think Rocco is much nicer than the other names.

I love Rocco. Please don't change it. It is lovely.

No one even now likes our DS's name but we love it. They think it sounds too much like a girls name but we think it is really cool and unique. It is Loran btw.

Anyway in 5 years time this pornstar i wouldn't know of won't even be around anymore.. maybe the next big one will be called Loran

Stick with the name; I'd be more worried how many people have heard of the porn star... says a lot about your friends eh!

Let's hope he never decides to google his name....(I just did)

I think that people are connecting it to a porn star says a lot more about them than you.

I have never heard of this porn star. Rocco os perfectly acceptable. It wouldn't be my choice, but I think it great for you. Ignore, ignore nad it will die down.