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Jago??

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muminthesun · 08/02/2011 20:31

My brother has just been on the phone to my mum,his wife is due ds1 in 3 weeks.They are thinking of jago,my mum is a bitbut is happy if they love it.

Ive never met another jago.what do you think?

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RileyBigBro · 20/02/2011 16:23

It's a gorgeous name! I have a newphew called Jago who is 16 months old and it suits him perfectly - he gets called 'J' for short.

My family is Cornish and we all live here but it's a fab name so would use it even if I didn't have Cornish connections!

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Redfox · 18/02/2011 22:39

My gorgeous Jago is now nearly nine and sleeping upstairs.
I think its a great name, natch!
It's definately pronouced Jaygo and it's the Celtic / Cornish version of James/Jacob and is fairly popular in Cornwall as a first & last name. I think you either take to the name straight away or are not so keen.
We are not from Cornwall but I wanted a Celtic connection in a name- we were not looking for anything different, we just liked it.
Not many people have asked where it is from or it's origin now I think about it.

Not sure what a PPE at Oxford is really but if you like a name, just go for it. (unless it's after a character in EE! However in one of PD James recent books, set in Cornish, one of the main characters was Jago)
Just hope that it does not become too popular now...

Patchworkpumpkin · 18/02/2011 22:23

I like it - we also had it on our list for DS2.

KCS · 18/02/2011 22:16

Love it. We were a whisker away from calling ds2 Jago. In the end we chose Theodore. I got cold feet because my mother was a bit sniffy. Stupid of me really as I think it's traditional, yet different - the perfect balance.

AKMD · 09/02/2011 11:51

I love this name! DH would never let me have it though [sulks]

gleechie · 09/02/2011 11:14

There is a lovely Jago in DD's class. Lovely name and a really lovely boy.

choccyp1g · 08/02/2011 21:34

I always thought it was a misspelling of Diego. Which I suppose it is really, from hundreds of years ago when spelling wasn't so fixed.

mamma2boyz · 08/02/2011 21:31

I love it, Cornish version of James...unfortunately dh thinks someone called Jago "sounds like a d*head" so not sure I will ever get to use it!!

Fuchzia · 08/02/2011 21:15

Ds middle name really wanted it as a first name but worried that

A) he'd have to do PPE at Oxford as all the other Jago's I did some variant of this

B) people would assume it was Iago which it isn't

C) we'd explain it wasn't Iago and people would say 'how unusual' we'd say 'it's Cornish' they'd say 'oh are you Cornish' and we'd say no. Repeat 6 million times.

Only a tiny bit regretful we didn't go for it.

FlorenceDaphne · 08/02/2011 21:15

I'm from Plymouth, and there are lots of Jagos here, although more surnames. And it's definitely pronounced Jay-Go.

I wouldn't like to call a baby Iago- have these people never seen Othello? No good will come of that name!

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muminthesun · 08/02/2011 21:12

Thanks everyone,they are so excited and I know they will secretly want the family to "approve" of their choice as its quite unusual.

Will call tommorrow and give them a big thumbs up for Jago.

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JemimaMop · 08/02/2011 21:09

Hmmm, not sure I like it pronounced Jay-go sorry. Still like Iago though

QuestionNumber · 08/02/2011 21:07

Not keen, sorry.

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JemimaMop · 08/02/2011 21:05

I'm not sure TBH, I always assumed it was pronounced the same way as the Welsh version (a lot of Welsh and Cornish pronunciations are similar, teh languages have similar origins) but I could be wrong as I have never met a Jago only a Iago.

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muminthesun · 08/02/2011 21:02

He said Jago with a j,should it be a y?Hmmm, bearing in mind they have just read this in a babyname book,I will give him a call and try and drop this into conversation!

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superv1xen · 08/02/2011 21:00

nearly called ds this, actually wish i had as the name i eventually chose is getting a little bit common. jago = lovely name.

JemimaMop · 08/02/2011 20:55

So are they pronouncing it with the "J" as a "Y" sound or with a "J" like in James?

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muminthesun · 08/02/2011 20:48

Ok,its of cornish origin,variant of James.Brother is James,so thats obviously why they are thinking of it.

They do live in London so maybe they will get a way with it

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NancyDrewHadaClue · 08/02/2011 20:43

There are a few Jago's in our area.

They all belong to terribly posh, boden skirted, pearl wearing, volvo driving bankers blondes, exist on a diet of organic berries and homemade smoothies and have elder sibblings at private school.

Just saying

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muminthesun · 08/02/2011 20:42

No,he defo said jago.I will google and try and find meaning/origin.

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Ooopsadaisy · 08/02/2011 20:39

Iago is pronounced:

Ee argo.

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muminthesun · 08/02/2011 20:38

so is Iago pronounced the same as jago then?

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