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Aloysius

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toastofthetown · 10/11/2021 18:31

What are your thoughts on the name Aloysius? I'm not sure if it's more expected in a devout Catholic family rather than a non-religious household. I think Ally would be cute nickname, and makes the name more accessible as it fits in with the more popular Alexander and Alastair.

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toastofthetown · 10/11/2021 18:40

@Properjob

Reminds me of Rees-Mogg. If that's your thing, great! 😃
Not great 😬 Does he have an Aloysius? I know there's a Sixtus. But he is very Catholic and I know the name does skew that way.
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MonkeyPuddle · 10/11/2021 18:39

It’s in the Rees-Mogg vein of names for me. Which is a no.

Midlandsmum23 · 10/11/2021 18:39

It's pronounced something like al-low-ish-us

I think many people would struggle with the pronunciation and pronounce it phonetically.

ParkheadParadise · 10/11/2021 18:38

St Aloysius

Saint of Catholic Youths.
No, I don't like it as a name.

Hope478 · 10/11/2021 18:38

I don't like names I would always be spelling out/telling others how to pronounce, so personally I would not name my child this.

CherryAndAlmond · 10/11/2021 18:38

Came on to say Sebastian Flyte's teddy bear. I don't like it at all.

2reefsin30knots · 10/11/2021 18:38

I love it, and Brideshead is my favourite book, but it really is very pretentious.

IHateCoronavirus · 10/11/2021 18:37

I really love it but would spell his nickname Ali as it looks more masculine.

EishetChayil · 10/11/2021 18:37

Very pretentious

Properjob · 10/11/2021 18:37

Reminds me of Rees-Mogg. If that's your thing, great! 😃

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toastofthetown · 10/11/2021 18:36

Like Al oh ish us. Here's a website which has some pronunciations recorded, because I can't type in IPA!
forvo.com/search/aloysius/en/

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househuntinginthesouth · 10/11/2021 18:36

Absolutely love it!!

Pronounced Al-oh-ish-us

TuftyMarmoset · 10/11/2021 18:34

Sebastian Flyte's teddy bear = twee connotations. A lot of people won't know how to pronounce it. Ally is a female NN to me. All around a big no from me.

Tal45 · 10/11/2021 18:33

I've never heard of this, how is it pronounced?