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If we have a boy, we're thinking of calling him Roscoe...

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abigail5 · 06/03/2014 12:12

Hi everyone,

It's my first time on here but really keen to hear your thoughts. We're expecting our first baby soon, not sure if it's a boy or a girl. We've got plenty of lovely girls names but stuck on boys names!

Our two favourites are...

Myles and Roscoe

If we have a boy we're wondering if we should call him Myles Roscoe or Roscoe Myles.

Any thoughts?

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callamia · 06/03/2014 21:20

Heh, doctorbrownbear, I know where you are! That's where i grew up (not ON the roundabout obv).

I like Myles with a y, and I think Roscoe is a little bit out-there, but if it's what you like, then I'm sure your son will be able to carry it off.

DorothyGherkins · 06/03/2014 21:20

Little boy round here called Roscoe, about 8 yrs old. He seems happy enough!

YoureAllABunchOfBastards · 06/03/2014 21:17

I listened to Midlake over and over when pregnant with DS1 and have often said he should have been called Roscoe. I love that song.

If he was a girl, then Christabel by Joan as Policewoman was up there...

BrunoBrookesDinedAlone · 06/03/2014 21:16

No no don't call him Mules!

Call him KittenHeels Grin

BellaOfTheBalls · 06/03/2014 21:14

Grrr fat fingers...

Roscoe has been the nickname of every boy named Ross I have ever known.

Myles is nice but the 'y' makes me cringe. It's Miles.

Milo is lovely. but DS2 is Milo so I'm biased

RosaParksIsBack · 06/03/2014 21:14

Good name for a dog Grin

RabbitPies · 06/03/2014 21:13

Call him mules. It's a lovely name. Roscoe is awful.

BellaOfTheBalls · 06/03/2014 21:12

Roaco

TwosaCrowd · 06/03/2014 21:08

I used to ride a horse called Roscoe.

LunaOnTheBrooma · 06/03/2014 21:02

I quite like the name Roscoe. I don't see anything wrong with Myles either although agree that Miles is probably more popular.

Mrsindecision · 06/03/2014 14:15

I know a young boy called Roscoe so I'm quite used to it as a little boy's name now. It's no more a dogs name than Oscar/Rex/Max IMO. Fwiw, I prefer the name Miles (spelt like that) to Roscoe so I vote for Miles Roscoe.

UnexpectedItemInShaggingArea · 06/03/2014 14:11

Oh God I've just looked up the wikipedia entry for Bosco. Apparently he's still alive! The evil bastard.

elQuintoConyo · 06/03/2014 14:08

Very cool.

Ignore the Dukes of Hazard/dogs' names naysayers.

According to some, we gave our son a dog's name. So far he hasn't woofed Grin

Now I think about it, I've never met a dog called son's name but I have met a hamster

squoosh · 06/03/2014 14:02

Unexpected I met a Bosco once! Sadly he didn't have red woolly hair and a green and white striped smock.

I laughed inwardly. A lot! Grin

UnexpectedItemInShaggingArea · 06/03/2014 13:54

Don't like Roscoe at all. In Ireland we were plagued by an evil kid's TV show called Bosco so the rhyme puts me off. Agree it sounds like a dog's name.

Milo or Miles is better than Myles.

I am quite judgy though, and am having a particularly judgy day today, so don't go by my opinion!

JugglingFromHereToThere · 06/03/2014 13:52

Ross reminds me of that over-sized kid in the outer hebrides on that sketch show. You know with the school with only one pupil (possibly for G&T)
Anyway, sorry I can't remember the name of it ... you know the one?

ExcuseTypos · 06/03/2014 13:48

I like Roscoe.

I also like Myles rather than Miles. Miles is a measurement to me, rather than a name.

iseenodust · 06/03/2014 13:46

I like Roscoe and loved Dokes of H.
I know an adult Myles and have never heard him complain it causes spelling headaches.

nemno · 06/03/2014 13:44

I'm usually a bit judgey about names but I quite like Roscoe, but I am old enough to only have the positive association with the tennis player Roscoe Tanner.

And here's the judgey bit; Miles with an 'i' please.

RonaldMcDonald · 06/03/2014 13:43

Dukes of Hazzard fans?

ShatnersBassoon · 06/03/2014 13:39

Rosco is an idiot with a basset hound.

Myles will spend his life correcting people's spelling of his name.

tammytoby · 06/03/2014 13:37

I've also never met a dog (or other animal) named Roscoe. But I know many dogs called Oscar!

The benefit of using Myles as opposed to Miles it that there is no confusion with the metric Miles (Kilometres).

laregina · 06/03/2014 13:36

I keep thinking of 'Cybil Roscoe' being said over and over again in a silly voice on a TV show years ago.

God knows what it is though. Or maybe I am just losing it Smile

HeartsTrumpDiamonds · 06/03/2014 13:33

*obscure

HeartsTrumpDiamonds · 06/03/2014 13:33

I love it. Never heard of a dog called Roscoe, just to counter some of the other posters!

It's a great balance of a real name (as opposed to made up) that is clearly a boy's name but still oscure enough to be interesting.