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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

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 )
Jonty
Jago (one of ds’s middle name though)

Please help!

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NamechangeObvis · 29/04/2020 21:05

Sadly not joking, PP. mungo was originally my preferred name for my first who was luckily a girl! Milo is a lovely name... it’s our other cat I just don’t want to be the family who ran out of names so called the baby the same as the cat nice to see Maxim and Ivo and top for some, I think they are my favourites. We don’t want anything massively popular so Alfie style names are out - we discounted Rory, Felix and Hugo for this reason.

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Mummy1232016 · 29/04/2020 21:05

Ooh I do like jonty 😃

Whatsyourflava · 29/04/2020 21:04

Kitty and Rafe are nice. Seems like you like pretty unusual names, how about:

Marley
Barnaby
Kit
Sidney or just Sid
Rudy/Rudi
Otto
Bodhi
Cole
Chester
Tristan
Otis
Eric
Dexter
Angus
Percy
Idris
Griff

iklboo · 29/04/2020 21:03

Mungo. Middle name Jerry.

Maybe Mingo was a typo and the I should be an o? Horrible.

India999 · 29/04/2020 21:03

I'm pretty liberal and accepting with baby names but mungo is unreal?!

Carrie7469 · 29/04/2020 21:03

How about Felix, Sylvester, Tom, Garfield or TopCat?

IVflytrap · 29/04/2020 21:02

Ivo is my first choice - love it. Eye-vo or Ee-vo both work, so go with whichever you prefer if you choose it.
Not Mungo
Not Jago, even though I like it, because you've already used it, and I personally think it's nice for children to have names entirely their own within the immediate family.
Not that keen on Maxim or Jonty.

LittlePesto · 29/04/2020 21:01

Magnus or Monty?

InTheShadowOfTheMushroomCloud · 29/04/2020 21:00

I know an Ibe (ee- bee) ....he is lovely. And a scrumptious Howie!

Puds11 · 29/04/2020 20:59

Mungo just reminds me of mung beans

NameChange30 · 29/04/2020 20:57

Tobias / Toby would go well with the others.

ilikebigbuttsandicannotlie · 29/04/2020 20:57

Surely he’s joking with the name Mungo? I was thinking the cat would be called Tom or something. Please tell him to not be ridiculous. As a pp said, poor Mungo would get called Mingo or something equally unpleasant.

SimonJT · 29/04/2020 20:56

My cats a girl, the name I was going to use for a boy cat I used for my son (it’s also now my cats vets name!), I have a cat name as well to be fair.

Maxim is my favourite out of all of those, Mungo is my least favourite.

Alwaystwomagpies · 29/04/2020 20:56

Henry
Hugo
Tobias
Seb
Guy
Dominic
Jasper
Dashiel

NameChange30 · 29/04/2020 20:55

Ivo. Pronounced Eye-vo. My absolute favourite boy's name atm!

I also love Maxim. That is my favourite long form of Max.

So far similar tastes... but I really dislike your other options, sorry! Jago is OK, I guess, but Jonty is just a comically poncy name (a posh character in a comedy) and Mungo is, well, your cat's name.

browzingss · 29/04/2020 20:55

Weird having both a pet and child in the same household with the exact same uncommon name

Eye-vo would be my pronunciation

Personally I’m not a fan of your baby names. They genuinely sound like pet names and I’m wondering if by “new baby” you actually meant “fur baby” or not.

I had an uncommon name and changed it by deed poll at 20 - but I had stopped going by my “birth name” years before that. I genuinely hated being lumbered with a weird name, I would urge you to reconsider your choices for the sake of your child who will actually be stuck with it - it’s not pleasant

Herpesfreesince03 · 29/04/2020 20:55

No way this is real

Ilovethekittehs · 29/04/2020 20:54

😂😂😂 your husband has to be pulling your leg with Mungo, hahaha.

oodlethenoodle · 29/04/2020 20:54

What's wrong with Mingo?

Minger? Minging?

CatSmize · 29/04/2020 20:53

I forgot Xanthe.

Coffeeandroses · 29/04/2020 20:53

Ivo is nice , I pronounce it as eye vo myself

Other nice names which could go with the names you already have could be

Milo
Alfie
Luca
Milan

Louise91417 · 29/04/2020 20:53

Agree..Evan is lovely..was on my shortlist..

Aposterhasnoname · 29/04/2020 20:53

Feck me, I never comment on name threads, but Mungo has GOT to be a joke.

He is joking, right?

Smidge001 · 29/04/2020 20:52

The baby will get called Mingo

What's wrong with mingo?

Either way, I would have thought they would be more likely to call him Jerry!!

CatSmize · 29/04/2020 20:52

Maxim and Jago are nice.