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Io ?

63 replies

lemonstartree · 18/07/2012 22:04

what do you think ???

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RillaBlythe · 18/07/2012 22:24

and Io Io Io Io, the priest & people singing, glooooooooooria, hosanna in excelsius?

amck5700 · 18/07/2012 22:23

Ivo instead?

thisisyesterday · 18/07/2012 22:21

i love it!

CharlotteWasBoth · 18/07/2012 22:20

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BeattieBow · 18/07/2012 22:20

Is it short for Iolanthe?

SuiGeneris · 18/07/2012 22:20

Lovely but would need a resilient character to carry it in everyday life. But go for it!

darkfever · 18/07/2012 22:18

HappyCamel, yes, you are confusing it with Discworld.

But less than 3 (and again, possibly zero) boys named Io in 2010, so certainly not popular as a boys name either.

JollyHockeyStick · 18/07/2012 22:16

Oh, I assumed it was a boy's name.

HappyCamel · 18/07/2012 22:15

Wasn't the mythical Io blind or am I confusing it with a discworld book, anyway, I don't think it has great connotations.

darkfever · 18/07/2012 22:15

One of Jupiter's moons, named after a priestess that Zeus seduced and then turned into a heifer.

And having just looked, less than 3 girls in 2010 (possibly zero) were named Io, so not a popular name either.

ZhenThereWereTwo · 18/07/2012 22:11

Quite like it, you could always go with Iona and then have Io as the shortened form.

Nyx · 18/07/2012 22:09

I do like the fact that it's from Greek mythology, and it's also something to do with Jupiter isn't it - a moon or something?

Nyx · 18/07/2012 22:08

I'm not keen, sorry.

Makes me think of the 7 dwarf song - "IO IO it's off to work we go". Although I have no idea why that leapt to mind, maybe I'm just being weird tonight.

It's just a bit too short for me. And no consonants.