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HONEST opinions on the name

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spareparts · 26/05/2008 20:46

Theo?

I have heard people(of late)referring to it as a scally/chav/downmarket name. What are your honest thoughts? Do you think it's posh?

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Tortington · 27/05/2008 10:00

s'ok

DaisySteiner · 27/05/2008 09:58

I named ds3 Theodore and then decided that I hate the name Theo Now everyone calls him Ted instead (apart from in-laws who have been told a million times and still insist on Theo )

schneebly · 27/05/2008 09:52

I think Theo is a very cool name and not 'chavvy' at all.

Pinkjenny · 27/05/2008 09:46

Reminds me of The Cosby Show.

DeeRiguer · 27/05/2008 09:40

leo is fashionable round here
theo is nice like it

GreenElizabeth · 27/05/2008 09:36

lol at Feo. Hey 'ugly!'

Feo/Fea being Spanish for ugly.

I like Theo but agree with Barbara Woodlouse, it's popular now. Not posh, not chav, 'of the moment' really.

I think Leo is just as nice and a bit less fashionable.

If you want to be more unusual what about Thaddeus? Thaddy is gorgeous as an alternative to Teddy or Theo.

SmugColditz · 27/05/2008 09:34

I wouldn't bat an eyelid at Theo, it's hardly "Keeyahhn-Mowziz", is it?

Heifer · 27/05/2008 09:34

Like it, quite middle ground I would say.

Amandella · 27/05/2008 09:33

Great name. Love it!

belgo · 27/05/2008 08:53

I like the name Theo. Not chavvy at all.

MargaretMountford · 27/05/2008 08:51

on your handsome children I meant,wasn't bragging about mine...

MargaretMountford · 27/05/2008 08:51

hey butterfly - think I commented on good looking sons on the dcs admiration thread !! is your 11 yr old a Theo too ? must be a name for handsome boys

MargaretMountford · 27/05/2008 08:30

It's a name in it's own right though

jasper · 26/05/2008 23:03

love it.
Can be shortened to Ted which I like even more

CristinaTheAstonishing · 26/05/2008 22:46

ButterflyMcQueen - just had a loook at your sons' photos. They are all v handsome. Good choice of names

KaSo · 26/05/2008 22:38

It's a nice name but I hate shortenings being used as names...sorry! If it's Theodore, shortened to Theo then it's ok, but I'd not put Theo on a birth certificate any more than I'd put Bob or Tom.

ItsPotatoesForYouMyLad · 26/05/2008 22:37

there's a theo is ds's class (4yo). i think of it as slightly posh and getting popular whithout being chavvy. on the whole, i like it.

expatinscotland · 26/05/2008 22:36

I like Theo.

cheesesarnie · 26/05/2008 22:36

love theo

Pinkchampagne · 26/05/2008 22:35

I like it. I work in a primary school & we have no children called Theo.

ButterflyMcQueen · 26/05/2008 22:29

cristina!!

excellent choice though - we used it for middle

CristinaTheAstonishing · 26/05/2008 22:28

I like it. We had Tudor (Theodor) as the main contender for DS, only changed it the week before he was born (he's Dominic).

ButterflyMcQueen · 26/05/2008 22:26

yes its posh

should always be Theodore

becoming popular but still v different amongst 11 year olds

biased - moi?

Tommy · 26/05/2008 22:25

lovely

sushistar · 26/05/2008 22:25

I like it, it was on my list of possibles