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Thoughts on the name Crusoe

108 replies

CleverDeer · 28/04/2024 12:11

I’ve recently come across the name Crusoe and I really like it especially with the nickname Crue for a boy. Whenever I mention it to anyone they think it’s a bit weird so I was wondering what everyone on here thought of it?

I like the middle names
Crusoe Dean
Crusoe Brooks
Crusoe Jack

And sibling sets I’ve been debating are
Crusoe and Kassian
Crusoe and Koda
Crusoe and Cash
Crusoe and Florian
Crusoe and Foster
Crusoe and Juniper “pip”
Crusoe and Olympia “pia”

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YeahComeOnThen · 28/04/2024 16:21

SirChenjins · 28/04/2024 12:33

Don’t be so silly - you’re naming a human, not a puppy.

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I wouldn't do that to a defenceless puppy!!

DietrichandDiMaggio · 28/04/2024 16:19

I love that nobody has come on and told everyone else that they are being mean to the OP, and that it's a perfectly nice name.

focacciamuffin · 28/04/2024 16:14

I suppose it’s better than the American man I met the other day. Hoover.

I could hardly keep a straight face.

Georgie743 · 28/04/2024 16:10

Crusoe Brooks sounds like an overpriced chain restaurant in a shopping centre. Probably in Milton Keynes.

MrsSiriusBlack1 · 28/04/2024 16:10

😂😂😂😂😂

OldTinHat · 28/04/2024 16:09

No. And another no from my pet turtle.

MississippiAF · 28/04/2024 15:44

Crusoe and Cash.

Christ on a bike

VeraForever · 28/04/2024 15:38

They're all 'trying too hard to be out there.'

Don't be pretentious.

Don't saddle your children with names they may well regret when adults.

BresciaBike · 28/04/2024 15:35

Are you particularly into slave traders? 😨

GoodVibesHere · 28/04/2024 15:29

I prefer Huckleberry.

Or Wilson , like the ball Tom Hanks makes friends with in Cast Away.

DrJoanAllenby · 28/04/2024 15:21

No teacher will be able to keep a straight face when they have to call your child by their name!

'Crusoe!' 😂.

I bet the grandparents aren't going to be delighted either!

Why saddle your child with a chavtastic name and set them at a disadvantage when they submit forms for jobs etc when they are older?

Amx · 28/04/2024 14:54

Crusoe and Cash has really tickled me GrinGrin

ginasevern · 28/04/2024 14:50

LineMadeByWalking · 28/04/2024 14:45

Satchel has been known as Ronan Farrow for years, and is a well-regarded journalist. He was one of the first people to investigate Harvey Weinstein.

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Didn't know that. Fair play to him. Really not surprised he changed his name (or possibly used a middle name?). A bit like Zowie Bowie became Duncan.

LineMadeByWalking · 28/04/2024 14:45

ginasevern · 28/04/2024 14:32

@Vastlyoverrated

"I felt sorry for the boy at my uni called 'Satchel' but it isn't as bad as that."

Woody Allen and Mia Farrow famously called their son Satchel in 1987. I expect this boy's mother thought it would be a good idea to copy them. I've never understood why people copy celebrity/TV show names, it's so cringe and unoriginal.

Satchel has been known as Ronan Farrow for years, and is a well-regarded journalist. He was one of the first people to investigate Harvey Weinstein.

ohsuzannah · 28/04/2024 14:42

He's a celebrity dachshund 😂

saltrock123 · 28/04/2024 14:38

Really ? I despair!

ginasevern · 28/04/2024 14:32

@Vastlyoverrated

"I felt sorry for the boy at my uni called 'Satchel' but it isn't as bad as that."

Woody Allen and Mia Farrow famously called their son Satchel in 1987. I expect this boy's mother thought it would be a good idea to copy them. I've never understood why people copy celebrity/TV show names, it's so cringe and unoriginal.

EmpressaurusOfCats · 28/04/2024 14:30

People would be constantly asking about his desert island.

Cash is also awful.

SeatonCarew · 28/04/2024 14:30

Awful, awful name.

ManchesterBeatrice · 28/04/2024 14:24

Please don't.

LauderSyme · 28/04/2024 14:23

I know a baby boy called Crue. I thought it was weird at first but now I have got used to it and think it's fine. It's just his name and is no odder than many others.

I reckon Crusoe would be the same.

Sorry, but I don't like any of your middle names or sibling set names.

Mademetoxic · 28/04/2024 14:07

Reminds me of creosote.

DoreenonTill8 · 28/04/2024 14:05

Change your own name to it?

everythingisgoingup · 28/04/2024 14:03

Knew a dog called Crusoe 🤔

CheapThrillsMeanNothing · 28/04/2024 13:55

Name of an estate agent in Kings Lynn Norfolk