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Inigo - too poncy?

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Doctorskidaddle · 08/07/2009 16:55

I really like it - DH thinks it's ridiculous and poncy. Is he right? Eek feel nervous now that you're all going to agree with him

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Childcare1994 · 24/06/2014 12:43

Had to give a yes vote to Inigo. My Inigo is a 6ft 2 tree surgeon now and nobody would dare call him a ponce! Yes, some (thick) people do mistake it for INdigo but he can live with that. We actually call him Inz as a abbreviation and for some reason he is also sometimes called 'Kenneth' by his little sister.....now there's a name that could be brought back into fashion.....

theroseofwait · 10/07/2009 22:25

I love it - it was the name of a very gorgeous (and v. posh) rugby-player type that I lived with when I was at uni and in halls. Apparently his dad was an architect(!)

Anyway, he was the one that caught me when for the only time in my life I fainted, and to this day I still smile at the memory of me swooning into his arms. . . . .

Go for it, in fact I think Inigo has now replaced Hugo as my name of choice for a future ds2!

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Doctorskidaddle · 10/07/2009 21:00

migola - it's Spanish, possibly Basque but not sure. I also love Inaqi (with sqiggle on the n) but that would just be too wierd in the UK

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Issy2008 · 10/07/2009 20:43

I love it. No chance of persuading my DH tho! x

MamaLazarou · 10/07/2009 08:42

I adore the name Inigo, so does DH. Go for it!

Mammina · 09/07/2009 22:45

where does it originate from? I like it and may have to steal it

moondog · 08/07/2009 22:51

Inigo

Out he go

I liek it (or did until my mother said the above to me.)

hackneybird · 08/07/2009 22:48

I know an Inigo, and he is an utter ponce.

lyra41 · 08/07/2009 22:18

totally poncy.

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Doctorskidaddle · 08/07/2009 21:59

too scared - just read a paragraph of your link and want to know no more!

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PacificDogwood · 08/07/2009 21:52

Google "Indigo Children" if you dare . Very very scary deluded people out there....

janeite · 08/07/2009 21:50

Yup. V lovely indeed!

more yum here too This one is the main hero but he couldn't do it all without Inigo!

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Doctorskidaddle · 08/07/2009 21:48

Hmmm getting a few more no's now - maybe I will ignore the second half of the thread...

Janeite - is that what Inigo Montoya looks like in the film? I like it

pacific - what on EARTH is that link????

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PacificDogwood · 08/07/2009 21:34

No, sorry, do not like it. Baaaad poncy .

Also too close to Indigo children...

But, hey, your child, your name

coppola · 08/07/2009 21:27

Well, yes, I spose, but you can't care about that, or all boys would be called James or Michael or somesuch.

It's a good poncy

fishie · 08/07/2009 21:26

it is a lovely name.

janeite · 08/07/2009 21:25

yum

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janeite · 08/07/2009 21:25

I love it - and I love 'The Princess Bride' AND I love Westley!

MrsMattie · 08/07/2009 21:23

Christ no. One of the ponciest names I have ever heard.

singersgirl · 08/07/2009 21:21

Inigo, and outigo again.

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Doctorskidaddle · 08/07/2009 21:16

kat - would pronounce it Inigo

I think you are the first to slightly put me off it with your 'in he goes' though!!

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ObsidianBlackbirdMcNight · 08/07/2009 21:10

crumpette?????????

toast? pikelet? muffin?

No to Inigo BTW. My name is Inigo Montoya.....

Would you pronounce it Inigo or Inigo? TBH the 'nig' part makes me feel a bit icky. lus the first (anglicised) pronunciation sounds like in 'e goes...

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Doctorskidaddle · 08/07/2009 21:00

ooh more yeses than no's I think - i feel encouraged...

scorpette - think I will take a leaf out of your DP's book and tell DH that I have gone off all boys' names except Inigo - do you think it will work?

stripes - I'm not Spanish but everyone thinks I look Spanish and I have spent many years living in Spanish-speaking countries - does that count?

Also like Ines crumpette - maybe if she's a girl...

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HumphreyCobbler · 08/07/2009 20:08

I like it.

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