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Alowicious

111 replies

CucumberCool · 18/10/2022 03:12

What do you think?

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SirMoose · 18/10/2022 14:23

inthemiddlepiggyinthemiddle · 18/10/2022 13:55

Right, so you want to give your child a name even you can't spell? 🙄

I was at school with 2 girls, one was Mellony and the other was Jewlee. This was in the 60s when "youneek" names were most certainly not a thing. In both cases the names were registered by their fathers who couldn't spell.

How about Dave?

You could try reading the thread first so you don’t look like such a nasty idiot.

urbanbuddha · 18/10/2022 14:22

I like it.
I see the mean girls are out in force on this thread.

Soozikinzii · 18/10/2022 14:19

My son who is 33 is called Joseph Aloysius and he likes it anyway!

PortiasBiscuit · 18/10/2022 14:19

I like Ovaloffis and Sidebored.

ScrambledSmegs · 18/10/2022 14:14

spiderlight · 18/10/2022 13:48

I encountered an Aloysius in a book I read as a child (no idea what it was) and spent the entire book pronouncing it 'ALLOY-see-us' in my head.

Me too! It was one of those names I read in a book as a child/teen and pronounced as I read it. So Alloy-Zee-Oos. Poor old Percy-phone got the same treatment. My mum laughed herself silly.

Wonder if it was the same book?

Hbh17 · 18/10/2022 14:11

Will forever be Sebastian Flyte's bear......and a very noble bear, at that!

diddl · 18/10/2022 14:08

Beachsidesunset · 18/10/2022 03:56

'Why, that's very nearly an armful!'

(Nobody will get that reference)

Why would you think that?

TenoringBehind · 18/10/2022 14:08

It is my father’s name. He hates it so much that he has always been known by his middle name,

MajorCarolDanvers · 18/10/2022 14:08

@HairyMcLarie

Yes but when did you last meet a child called Sho'Vaughan? Or Neev?

Neve is a fairly common name and I do know a Shivonne

CanofCant · 18/10/2022 14:02

OP first heard the name on the radio. Don't be such a bully.

inthemiddlepiggyinthemiddle · 18/10/2022 13:55

Right, so you want to give your child a name even you can't spell? 🙄

I was at school with 2 girls, one was Mellony and the other was Jewlee. This was in the 60s when "youneek" names were most certainly not a thing. In both cases the names were registered by their fathers who couldn't spell.

How about Dave?

BitOutOfPractice · 18/10/2022 13:52

I met someone called Leeham this morning. Pronounced Liam I presume.

spiderlight · 18/10/2022 13:48

I encountered an Aloysius in a book I read as a child (no idea what it was) and spent the entire book pronouncing it 'ALLOY-see-us' in my head.

SirGawain · 18/10/2022 13:47

Not unless you are Anthony Hancock!

Beamur · 18/10/2022 13:45

Awesome name.

Stayathomenamechange · 18/10/2022 13:43

Would be a great middle name. If the first name were Supercalifragilisticeexpi.

WindsweptNotInteresting · 18/10/2022 13:40

PolkaDotMankini · 18/10/2022 13:03

I dunno but I'm now singing Bootylicious

Im singing that French nursery rhyme "Aloysious, gentil Aloysius"...!

Zonder · 18/10/2022 13:34

Luscious 😆😆😆

Boudica66 · 18/10/2022 13:33

PolkaDotMankini · 18/10/2022 13:03

I dunno but I'm now singing Bootylicious

Alowicious isn't ready for his jel-heh

magicstar1 · 18/10/2022 13:30

This reminds of a woman I have as friend of friend on Facebook.
She wanted to name her child after Lucius Malfoy from Harry Potter, but she has spelled it Luscious. He'll spend his whole life correcting people.

EllaPaella · 18/10/2022 13:28

It's the name of the nasty lead weasel in Wind of the Willows so would always make me think of that.

CanofCant · 18/10/2022 13:27

CucumberCool · 18/10/2022 03:44

I spelt it wrong (only gave it a really quick Google) I mean Aloysius.

Heard it on the radio, wondered what people thought of the name...

I love the name Aloysius. It was on my list but DH wouldn't budge.

batshitballs · 18/10/2022 13:23

Reminds me of that scene in Mary Poppins

endofthelinefinally · 18/10/2022 13:19

Very popular name at my DC's primary school. We had lots of really interesting names from different countries and cultures. I like it because of its history, but you do have to spell names properly IMO because the child has to live with it.

Beachsidesunset · 18/10/2022 13:18

PorkPieAndAPickledOnion · 18/10/2022 13:07

Why on earth not? You can’t be the only special person who knows who Tony Hancock, one of Britain’s most celebrated comedians, is.

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Of course not. But how many people know the first of his middle names? Lighten up, won't you?