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Alowicious

111 replies

CucumberCool · 18/10/2022 03:12

What do you think?

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endofthelinefinally · 18/10/2022 13:15

Beachsidesunset · 18/10/2022 03:56

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

(Nobody will get that reference)

Ha ha! I remember that. Love Tony Hancock.

Sago1 · 18/10/2022 13:14

Aloysius Gonzaga was an Italian aristocrat who became a Jesuit priest.
He died aged 23 after helping plague victims in Rome, he contacted the disease himself.
He was beatified in 1605.

Evelyn Waugh used the name Aloysius in the novel Brideshead Revisited, Aloysius was Sebastian Flyte’s teddy bear.
Waugh had visited Stonyhurst school, a Jesuit boarding school in Lancashire, as a young man and eventually sent his sons there.
Stonyhurst was the Alma Mater of the Earl of Brideshead in the novel.

Our sons went to the school and amongst the community there Aloysius would not be thought of as an odd name.

St Aloysius was a good man and I think are worse names out there (Jayden) so don’t be put off!

Had I not read Brideshead and had the connection with school I would not have had a clue how to spell it! :)

LargeglassofRosePlease · 18/10/2022 13:13

Fucking terrible name

Longdistance · 18/10/2022 13:12

Are you drunk dear? tilts head

SouthOfFrance · 18/10/2022 13:10

I like it. I think Lou can be the short version of it

NooNakedJacuzziness · 18/10/2022 13:08

minisoksmakehardwork · 18/10/2022 04:28

Ds1's middle name is Aloysius. Dh loves the name as it's a character in his favourite book series.

It's also the first name of the mammoth in Sesame Street and Parker in thunderbirds.

Dh wanted it as a first name but we came up with something else as we felt a lifetime of spelling and pronouncing his first name would drive us all nuts.

Mr Snuffleupagus' first name is Aloysius?? Who knew!

PorkPieAndAPickledOnion · 18/10/2022 13:07

Beachsidesunset · 18/10/2022 03:56

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

(Nobody will get that reference)

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.

liveforsummer · 18/10/2022 13:04

Sounds like some sort of fad 'health' drink or something. 😆

PolkaDotMankini · 18/10/2022 13:03

I dunno but I'm now singing Bootylicious

Boudica66 · 18/10/2022 13:02

BagpussBagpussOldFatFurryCatpuss · 18/10/2022 05:41

Yes, go for Alowicious.
An original spelling.

i also like Tiphaniee for a girl or R’Chee for a boy. 🤣

Step'fanie
Amanjah
Looshinda

Aloo'ishi-Us

chipsandpeas · 18/10/2022 13:00

sebastians teddy in brideshead revisited
very catholic so if your not catholic i wouldnt even consider it

Boudica66 · 18/10/2022 12:59

Thats my dogs name
But not spelt like that

Lilacsunflowers · 18/10/2022 12:56

Aloysius is nice. I know a German Alois.

BagpussBagpussOldFatFurryCatpuss · 18/10/2022 05:41

Yes, go for Alowicious.
An original spelling.

i also like Tiphaniee for a girl or R’Chee for a boy. 🤣

Neome · 18/10/2022 05:28

Beachsidesunset · 18/10/2022 03:56

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

(Nobody will get that reference)

Thank you for a moment of joy Googling up old Tone (Anthony Aloyious St John Hancock for those less elderly than myself).

‘Does Magna Carta mean nothing to you? Did she die in vain?’

HairyMcLarie · 18/10/2022 05:19

CucumberCool · 18/10/2022 04:10

Not pregnant, not thinking of actually naming my non existent baby Aloysius.
As I said, I heard it on the radio and wondered what others thought if the name.

I like it, as a sound. Practically, not an easy name. But if it became very popular it wouldn't be an issue.
I imagine people named Niamh or Siobhan still exist..

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

supersop60 · 18/10/2022 05:02

Paq · 18/10/2022 04:20

gesundheit

😂

Zonder · 18/10/2022 04:37

Beachsidesunset · 18/10/2022 03:56

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

(Nobody will get that reference)

Yup. Nobody has heard of Hancock.

Anyway it's a terrible name. Imagine a poor child (even if they're imaginary!) learning to spell it!

minisoksmakehardwork · 18/10/2022 04:28

Ds1's middle name is Aloysius. Dh loves the name as it's a character in his favourite book series.

It's also the first name of the mammoth in Sesame Street and Parker in thunderbirds.

Dh wanted it as a first name but we came up with something else as we felt a lifetime of spelling and pronouncing his first name would drive us all nuts.

spicyXsoup · 18/10/2022 04:24

Breezycheesetrees · 18/10/2022 03:50

Sebastian's teddy bear.

Of course! I recognised it from somewhere

Paq · 18/10/2022 04:20

gesundheit

Tlolljs · 18/10/2022 04:16

Just what I was going to say @Breezycheesetrees

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CucumberCool · 18/10/2022 04:10

Not pregnant, not thinking of actually naming my non existent baby Aloysius.
As I said, I heard it on the radio and wondered what others thought if the name.

I like it, as a sound. Practically, not an easy name. But if it became very popular it wouldn't be an issue.
I imagine people named Niamh or Siobhan still exist..

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IamThegreaterMole · 18/10/2022 04:04

Well, deffo get the spelling right. But it really depends on whether or not you like Al or Ally, because realistically that’s what he will end up with unless he’s either done something wrong or collecting an award.

Ericaequites · 18/10/2022 04:03

Your son will spend his life spelling it for people, and having bureaucrats misspell it. It’s an aggravation for all involved. John is a nice name.

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