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My husband wants to call the new baby after the cat ...

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NamechangeObvis · 29/04/2020 20:47

So finally getting DH to start at least thinking about baby names with a couple of weeks to go, and after crossing off the unappealing Cyrus/Aethelstan/Lancelot style names he likes, we finally have a short list.. one of which is the cat’s name Confused

Could people please critique, say which your favourite is, or suggest anything else we might like? We don’t really love any of them... we have a Kitty and a Rafe already and I’d like a name that ‘goes’.

Maxim
Ivo (but would you pronounce it EE-vo or eye-vo?)
Mungo (the cat Blush)
Jonty
Jago (one of ds’s middle name though)

Please help!

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IKEA888 · 29/04/2020 22:17

Ivo pronounced eyevo
what about Magnus or Angus or fergus

NameChange30 · 29/04/2020 22:16

Cross post; I was laughing at "no offence to your cat" Grin

RideaCockHorseOfCourse · 29/04/2020 22:15

Oh God, not Maxim, (though it'll only mean something to those of us of a certain age, and not the youngsters!)

NameChange30 · 29/04/2020 22:15
Grin
Musmerian · 29/04/2020 22:15

I like Maxim. Reminds me of Maxim de Winter in ‘Rebecca’ so brooding. Magnus is also good. Edmund/Edwin also historical and classy.

pinkpinecone · 29/04/2020 22:14

Sorry no offence to your cat!

pinkpinecone · 29/04/2020 22:14

Mungo is a awful.

Ivo and Jago are the nicest of the bunch

Cissyandflora · 29/04/2020 22:12

@Coffeeandroses at the complete risk of outing myself I have to comment- you’ve picked two of my children there! You share my great taste!

AJPTaylor · 29/04/2020 22:09

Seth

Queenest · 29/04/2020 21:59

I prefer Jago to Mungo (which sounds like a pets name)

I have no idea how to pronounce Ivo but imagine it’s eye-vo.

Alternatives:

Jared
Jedd
Gus
Balonz

ElectricTonight · 29/04/2020 21:54

Max - just Max is nice.

I'd pronounce Ivo - Eye-Vo

donquixotedelamancha · 29/04/2020 21:54

Themistocles and Leonidas are what my two would have been call if they were boys.

Maxim is ok

FHM was better.

Orphlids · 29/04/2020 21:54

Zebedee? That’s pleasingly bonkers, but usable, I think.

MilkNoSugars · 29/04/2020 21:54

Maxim is nice but will get shortened to max which is quite dull compared to your other names.

Like Jago and Ivo

How about Rosco/ Roscoe or Otto?

Queenest · 29/04/2020 21:53

Yes there was and they lived in a flat and went up in the lift

MKCH · 29/04/2020 21:49

Digby!

liferips · 29/04/2020 21:49

All these names tell me you probably live on a vast estate and your children go to private school in tweed blazer and cap!

In which case Jonty is the best by far.

Honeyroar · 29/04/2020 21:48

Wasn’t there a Mary, Mungo and Midge children’s characters in the 70s?

Out of those names, Ivo (eye vo).

RoseMartha · 29/04/2020 21:44

Rohan
Monty
Gabe
Sebastian
Jasper

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NamechangeObvis · 29/04/2020 21:42

Love Leopoldo too, but it’s DS’s other middle name, after my dad Grin

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DamnYankee · 29/04/2020 21:36

Maxim is ok.

From the above lists:
Toby
Jasper
Milo
Luca
Henry

babynamelover · 29/04/2020 21:36

Thanks for starting my day with this glorious thread 😂. It probably doesn't feel so funny to you though, I was going to suggest Miles/Milo it's our cats name too 😍.
Of your list I like Ivo (eye-vo) the best with your older children.
I like Maxwell as an alternative to Maxim.

Kitty, Rafe &

Walter
Edwin
Oswald
Percy
Peregrine
Phineas
Ambrose
Amos
August/us
Sylvan
Dorian
Frank
Graeme
Leopold
Lucian
Cecil
Cedric
Marcus/Marcellus
Bennett

clairethewitch70 · 29/04/2020 21:29

My favorite boys names at the moment, Kemet, Tor & Ptolomy. Are these any good for you?

MillicentMartha · 29/04/2020 21:29

I like Ivo best, pronounced eye-vo. Jonty sounds very posh to my ears, a posh boy in the 1980s. Maxim, pronounced Max eem? Hmm 🤔 not so keen. Jago, is it Cornish? It’s OK, better than Mungo Jerry.

madcatladyforever · 29/04/2020 21:26

I only like traditional boys names
Simon
Richard
John
Paul
Hugo.
They never age.

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