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Oscar? Giuseppe? Nico?

39 replies

boysnamesarehard · 27/09/2010 18:06

Boys names are ridiculously hard hence my new user name.

Harrumph. We are arguing incessentantly and I am bored of it now. I don't have that long to go either.

My dh has always loved Oscar. I have never been quite so keen, partly because we had a cat called oscar when i was a kid but partly because I hate Ozzy as a nn.

My helpful mother told me when i was pg with dc1 that she would shorted oscar to ozzy.

Hence Dc1 is called Luca. Not oscar.

Anyway now i am pg with dc2 and we don't know if it is a boy or a girl. We are fairly sorted with girls names (but that can always change with the next row) but the boy thing just isn't happening.

What goes with Luca? We have italian, english, spanish and random other cultural bits in our family so we are pretty open to most things but it does need to sound ok in english and italian.

I do like oscar more than I did but don't love it. We both like Otis but don't have the guts to use it.

I love joseph but dh thinks it is too different to Luca. I think the italian equivalent (giuseppe) is nice but too hard to spell in the uk.

So what do you think about
Oscar Joseph
Nico Joseph
Joseph Nico
Giuseppe???

I don't want matteo, luciano, marco, massimo, stefano, pietro, juan, giovanni, enzo, davide, jesus (yes really), alessandro, lorenzo, ricardo because of family names.

I also can't use Jacob, Jack, Alfie, James, william, jonathan, frederick or thomas because of family/friends on my side.

Help! Any other ideas?? What do you think of Oscar etc??

Thank you

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Greenwing · 06/11/2010 00:18

Guiseppe is difficult with spelling and pronunciation. Best avoided IMO.

Oscar is getting very popular - no 23 in 2009. Does that bother you or DH?

Nico goes well with Luca. How about naming him Dominic but always calling him Nico as a nn?

How about Leo? or Dante (Dan/Danny for short?)

euracantha · 05/11/2010 23:54

Nico great.

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jojosmaman · 05/11/2010 13:14

Bias alert.. I love the name Joseph (DS's name) and he normally goes by the name of Joe which I think sits nicely with Luca.

I really like Nico too, this is my first choice girls name (shortened from nicole) but like you we don't know yet whether we are blue or pink! Might suggest Nico to OH for a boy as well.

poppydaisy · 05/11/2010 12:05

Giuseppe is a great name, Zep a nice nickname. Nico is ok, but people might assume it is short for Nicholas.
I'm not keen on Oscar/Ossy.

berryfreeze · 05/11/2010 09:55

think Oscar is lovely but that is because i have a little one hereSmileit get shortened to Occy sometimes it is what he started to call himself when he could not quite pronounce his name.
How about Pablo?

lilly13 · 05/11/2010 09:43

Oscar is great!

Francagoestohollywood · 01/11/2010 17:21

Nico in Italian is the nn for Nicola or Nicolo'.

tammytoby · 01/11/2010 17:08

I like Nico best.

Nico and Luca sound great together imo.

mopsyflopsy · 01/11/2010 14:14

Giuseppe and Nico are both cool. Zep is actually a good nickname, hadn't thought of it.

Do not like Oscar at all, I'm afraid - it is too 'doggy', too 'common' and Ozzy isn't nice imo.

Sarsaparilllla · 01/11/2010 13:19

I love Giuseppe, and Zep is very cool for a nn.

I don't think people would struggle with it that much at all, it's not an un-heard of name, just not that common, which makes it nice.

I think Oscar is a bit common these days, and I don't like it being shortened to Ozzy at all, all I can think of is SHARRRONNNN Wink

poppydaisy · 01/11/2010 13:09

I like both Nico and Giuseppe. Don't like Oscar or Ozzy at all, I'm afraid.

ragged · 01/11/2010 13:00

I love the sound of Giuseppe, but English tongues will butcher it on a regular basis (be prepared). Joe as NN, of the ones I've known.

I don't like Oscar, personally. Nico is fine.

boysnamesarehard · 01/11/2010 12:58

Oh wow, thanks for all the help! Jury is still out but good to get the feedback.

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Mitchymum · 28/10/2010 21:40

Reuben or Hugo.

cumbria81 · 27/10/2010 10:15

Oscar is awful.

Nico is an abbreviation

Giuseppe is a little strange

FluffMacDuff · 26/10/2010 23:05

Nico is very cool! Or Piero? Cosimo?

beaditAli · 26/10/2010 22:59

Ditto! I loved Nico as a name but my DH just wouldn't have it. His ideas were horrendous!
Nico isn't a girls name traditionally...... it's a boys name. And a great one at that!
Our best friend is called Joseph and we call him Giuseppe all the time. In a very endearing way. You could still have Joe as a nn?
I also really like Milo though have known 2 cats with this name.
God luck with choosing! I ds on Sept 20th and didn't decide on his name until a week before! Smile

deliciousdevilwoman · 25/10/2010 22:09

Nico definitely! It's a cool name and one we seriously considered before we knew I am expecting a girl. I first heard an American couple call out "Nico" to their gorgeous 4 year old when I was on holiday in Capri last year, and loved the name instantly.

minipie · 25/10/2010 18:44

I love Nico and think Nico Joseph is fab and works perfectly with Luca.

Wouldn't do Giuseppe unless you are very, very Italian. And it's very different from Luca in "style".

lennon80 · 25/10/2010 18:37

Otis is cool! Be brave!

Boys names are VERY hard. I have at least six girls names I like and two I would definitely choose but I am having a boy! You cant really do 'cute' names with boys in the way you can with girls which makes it so much harder.

Rhubarbgarden · 25/10/2010 07:45

Love Nico. Oscar is a long-dead cat to me too.

diddl · 24/10/2010 18:23

Oscar is lovely 6 your mother needs a slap-how bloody rude!

Oscar Joseph is a really lovely name.

yummymummie1 · 24/10/2010 15:46

I love Giuseppe and Oscar, both really nice.