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Dante for a boy...

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JessJess3908 · 25/08/2008 18:56

Could I? Should I?

And would it be in any way likely to offend our Catholic priest?

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LadyThompson · 27/08/2008 13:12

JessJess, I quite like Stanley. And Horatio. (Thinking about important Englishmen for you.)

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JessJess3908 · 27/08/2008 11:57

Tantik - 9.4? Pah - I'm 39.2! Is it wrong to hope for a girl just because i'd know what to call her?

DP didn't go for Rufus... I still love the sound of Dante but I think it clashes too much with DP's surname.

It is difficult to find anything remotely uncommon to call your son when both you and DP are of 100% English origin - we haven't even got a bit of cornish to liven things up. Perhaps i should get going on a family tree and try to discover some more interesting relatives...

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TantiK · 27/08/2008 07:46

My ds has Dante as his middle name - but he does have an Italian dad. I was worried about it being too Italian - but it just worked so we kept it. In Italian it is pronounced DAN tey, not Don-tey. Rufus Dante - sounds great to me! Rufus is a lovely name. Augustus is too emperor like. I had to quickly move my dh away from the name Cesare (Caeser in Italian) for that very reason. Having said all of this, I am 9.4 weeks pg with #2 and don't have a clue about names for it.

VictorianSqualor · 27/08/2008 07:35

I love Rufus too, there is a race on between me and MiL, whether she gets a new dog or I get a new baby boy first

frazzledoldbag34 · 26/08/2008 22:14

Rufus is fab

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JessJess3908 · 26/08/2008 18:22

I do live in a very posh area, perhaps I am trying to keep up with the neighbours. Other pretentious names i have come up with so far include Rufus and Augustus.

Think DP may have suggested Dante because of Clerks... I was worried it sounded a bit chavvy.

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ByTheSea · 26/08/2008 18:20

As I posted in the other thread, I love it as my gorgeous nephew is a Dante. He has an Italian heritage and surname and lives in the NYC area though. Dante in Clerks was from New Jersey and I grew up in New Jersey knowing an adorable Dante or two. So maybe it's not so pretentious there.

VictorianSqualor · 26/08/2008 18:16

LOL Franny, why not go the whole hog and have silent bob?

FrannyandZooey · 26/08/2008 18:11

I mostly like it because of Clerks
is that more or less pretentious?

Janni · 26/08/2008 18:09

I like the sound of it and I know a Dante, but I wouldn't use it because it's just a wee bit too pretentious, sorry.

FrannyandZooey · 26/08/2008 18:08

I like Dante

dp has held out against it for years, though
I think on balance he is probably right

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JessJess3908 · 26/08/2008 18:07

Boys are just so bloomin hard to name. Call them anything 'nice', non offensive or family related (e.g. James) and they'll end up being one of 6 in their class - but call them anything unusual and it just sounds poncey or gay. Grrr... fingers still crossed for DD.

Caulifrau - No the Donte/Dante debate wasn't mine - Searched on Dante after posting this and had a good laugh reading it tho.

Victorian - ta for the link. I knew Dante's pilgrim travelled through the levels of hell... but was unsure how the church reacted. Methinks they can be a tad oversensitive at times

Pookie - Pookie Splodge and Tubs are all wonderful names that even pass the supermarket test. Little Donald, on the other hand, is wearing a white syrup and hanging out with silicone barbie in my imagination - ala Mr Trump.

Can someone please tell me where I can find a list of boys names that are not in the top 20 but will not set my PFB up for a life of continual pi** taking???

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VictorianSqualor · 26/08/2008 12:52

Or use it as a middle name, we love the name Rex, but don't think it holds well for a first name so would have James Rex.

PookiePodgeandTubs · 26/08/2008 12:38

Please. Go with Donald and be extremely classy. Then, subtly, and pretend that Dante has just evolved naturally, even though you planned it right for the word go. I call my children Pookie Splodge and Tubs so I'm not going to laugh at osmebody with a child nnd Dante.

If I got a birth announcement telling me about Dante James 8 lbs 2 oz, I think I would burst out laughing.

Spare yourself the eye-rolling that will go on behind your back.

CrushWithEyeliner · 26/08/2008 12:36

No it's horrid, only suits Virgil's friend and poet..

msdemeanor · 26/08/2008 12:33

Auntie doesn't rhyme with Dante though.

(oh, unless you are Northern, perhaps?)

VictorianSqualor · 26/08/2008 12:33

Nor do I.
It's arn-tee and don-tay

BroccoliSpears · 26/08/2008 12:32

I don't pronounce auntie and dante the same.

QuintessentialShadow · 26/08/2008 12:29

Think about how it is pronounced....

Your son would be auntie dante before you know it!

VictorianSqualor · 26/08/2008 12:28

Dante was a catholic poet, why would it offend your priest?

periselene · 26/08/2008 12:27

Jessjess, you could.

FabioTheFlouncingCat · 26/08/2008 12:23

lisalisa you are thinking of this

People will think the boy is infernal.

lisalisa · 26/08/2008 12:07

Isn't dante something to do with hell? If so I would imagine your callling your son that and being catholic are prett ymuh much incompatible!
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