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Anyone know a Coco?

43 replies

PrammyMammy · 05/04/2009 15:35

My friend's sister is due her DD four weeks before me.
We were discussing names (my friend and i) when he said his sister has chosen her name. Coco.
I actually said 'shut up ' because i really thought he was joking, he is always joking. But later his oh was talking about the name too.
Is this an up and coming name that i've missed? I really don't think i have ever heard of another Coco before.

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oysterpots · 05/04/2009 16:52

My cousin's just named her DD Coco - my mum made the clown gag, I guess you'd get used to that pretty quickly!

I love it as a name for a child, I'd think it a bit weird if I met someone my age now called Coco, at least as an actual name rather than a nn. But things will definitely be very different in 30 years time!

wilbur · 05/04/2009 16:23

Ds1 (8) has a Coco in his year. She is lovely and very sweet.

ScorpiowithabigS · 05/04/2009 16:22

I know of one. I love it.

MorocconOil · 05/04/2009 16:20

I quite like it. Probably because I loved Fame!

'I'm gonna live forever. I'm gonna learn how to fly, High'

Love, love that song. I'm going to watch that film tonight.

DaisyMooSteiner · 05/04/2009 16:18

Our neighbours' dog is called Coco

LilyBolero · 05/04/2009 16:10

Coco on Fame?

Guadalupe · 05/04/2009 15:53

I know two, one toddler and one eleven year old. I think it's quite nice. Dh thought it was ridiculous though.

frazzledgirl · 05/04/2009 15:51

I do know a toddler called Coco and she's a beautiful little thing, but I still think it's absolutely appalling.

More of a pet's name than a child's, IMHO.

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PrammyMammy · 05/04/2009 15:46

I didn't even know it was a womans name, i just thought they names the perfume that. Duh.
I have really mixed thoughts on this though. It sounds lovely one minute, then mad the next. But i'm sure when i meet the baby it will suit her.

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pepperannie · 05/04/2009 15:46

It's a nick name. Coco Chanel's real name was Gabrielle.
Naming after Coco Chanel is naff and aspirational, I hate naming after brand names.

Nancy66 · 05/04/2009 15:44

It's fine as a nickname but not a stand alone name - it wasn't Coco Chanel's actual name.

ItsMargotBeauregarde · 05/04/2009 15:43

My friend's friend has one. She's about 5 and a half I think. Older than Courtenay Cox#s!

All women say oooooh coco chanel.
all men say what like clown

MrsMcCluskey · 05/04/2009 15:42

A my neighbours neice is a Coco and she is a cutie pie!
I really like the name.
Coco Chanel?

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PrammyMammy · 05/04/2009 15:41

Really! Well all i could think off was Coco Mademoiselle perfume by Chanel which does make it sound beautiful, and Coco Pops which took any beauty away.
Noo, I don't think i have heard of Fame, except the song.

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pepperannie · 05/04/2009 15:41

Yes, Coco the Clown: children's parties are his speciality.

belgo · 05/04/2009 15:39

My dh suggested this. I like it, but it's too cute to have as a real name.

Littlefish · 05/04/2009 15:39

My dd is at nursery with one. I think the family is Italian, or has Italian roots.

traceybath · 05/04/2009 15:38

I know one and Courtney Cox and Jo Whiley's daughters are both called this.

Blushes at knowledge of celeb baby names.

And did you never watch fame!!