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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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Snozzlemaid · 10/11/2021 20:42

My dad didn't have a middle name but always joked it was Aloysius. So it's a no from me.

nousernamehere01 · 10/11/2021 20:45

I love the name! If I remember correctly there was an Aloysius in Skins who went by that and Alo which is quite nice! It sounds very Garlic to me but I could be very wrong and just getting the vibe hah!

nousernamehere01 · 10/11/2021 20:45

Gaelic that should say 😅😅

ShesComeUndone · 10/11/2021 20:47

Can’t believe nobody has mentioned H..h..h..Hancock’s Half Hour yet! Anthony Aloysius St John Hancock, the lad himself.

Moonlaserbearwolf · 10/11/2021 20:49

Seems like a waste to name a child Aloysius and then call him Ally. May as well just be Alastair. If you chose a statement name, you should own it.

Parsley1234 · 10/11/2021 20:54

Please meet Aloycious Stanley Flyte nn Teddy

Aloysius
LynetteScavo · 10/11/2021 20:56

[quote toastofthetown]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/[/quote]

It doesn't sound good in a French accent!

Lesserspottedmama · 10/11/2021 21:06

Oh I love it! Marvellous name. I dread to think how many pregnant women come away from this site feeling resigned to having to stick to Oliver/Joshua/Charlie etc just in case any other slightly more interesting name is branded as ‘pretentious’. There is not a single name you can call a child that Mumsnet doesn’t consider to be either pretentious, common, dated or twee - every name falls into one of those categories, every name.

jesusmaryjosephandtheweedonkey · 10/11/2021 21:09

I've met one in real life. He was nn Al . Was from the travelling community and he and his siblings all had fabulous names.

Onlinedilema · 10/11/2021 21:13

I quite like it. It's a lot to !I've up to though.

cheapskatemum · 10/11/2021 21:25

I've always loved it.

midsomermurderess · 10/11/2021 21:42

It calls to my mind the Catholic school in Glasgow. Rather different from 'pretentious'.

SwedishEdith · 10/11/2021 23:12

Nun name

Anystarinthesky · 10/11/2021 23:23

Imagine having to go through your whole life spelling out that name to everyone.

TrashyPanda · 10/11/2021 23:28

@Anystarinthesky

Imagine having to go through your whole life spelling out that name to everyone.
Oh I do. Forenames and surname. It’s just part of everyday life and not a big deal.

It’s a great name, OP!

celan · 10/11/2021 23:32

I absolutely love it. It was on my list of possible names, but XH vetoed it (no idea why). It is fabulous.

ESGdance · 10/11/2021 23:33

Not pretentious in my world - as PP have said it’s a v old (1940s?) name in Ireland related to Saints - along with Cornelius, Ignatius, Jarlath, etc

ESGdance · 10/11/2021 23:34

@jesusmaryjosephandtheweedonkey

I've met one in real life. He was nn Al . Was from the travelling community and he and his siblings all had fabulous names.
Oh what were their names?? @jesusmaryjosephandtheweedonkey
BeckySharpish · 10/11/2021 23:37

My grandad’s name. He went by Louis mostly.
But his wife used to say after dinner “aloysius, wash the dishes!” Grin
I like it

ESGdance · 10/11/2021 23:38

James Joyce’s middle name (alongside Augustine)

Maverick66 · 10/11/2021 23:41

Aloysius is shortened to Wishy where I'm from.
Don't know any under age of 70 tho

KimDeals · 10/11/2021 23:41

Doesn’t have pretentious connotations for me. I love it! And I love the nickname Alo.

I like saying the name, the feels nice!

I’m catholic but I don’t know a single person with this name! I tend to think of said in a Cork accent - why?!! I don’t know. Is it more prominent in Munster??

KimDeals · 10/11/2021 23:43

@ESGdance

James Joyce’s middle name (alongside Augustine)
Ah! Didn’t know that. If it was good enough for the main man…
ghislaine · 10/11/2021 23:48

It’s my son’s middle name. DH chose it but then again, I wanted Crispin. So perhaps our choices are not mainstream. And yes, DH is Catholic and a big Brideshead fan.

I should say my son is very proud of his middle name and it always gets a positive reaction (at least to our faces!).

KosherDill · 11/11/2021 00:04

Love it!!

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