Is Joby a boys name????

[montylady]

What do you think? I like the sound of this name. Do you think it sounds made up or would you consider it more of a surname?

Thanks

I teach a boy Joby. Tis the only one I know, nice lad, interesting and nice name.

Hope you never plan to move to Scotland. (Jobbie = a poo). Sorry.

It's pronounces Joe-bee

Conjoures up a yokel chewing on an ear of corn to me

umm- right. I can speak English, I promise!

I don't really like Joby I'm afraid.

Was just about to mention the Jobby-Scottish connection. But Prickly got there first!

in thomas the tank engine it's a special type of wood that they use to build the search and rescue centre - it only grows on Hero's home island and Misty Island.....

Title of a book I once read way back. Sure it was about a boy. Can visualise his picture on the front cover.

I recall a book by Stan Barstow ( one of the angry young men of literature) called Joby. Our English teacher read it to us - I am sure there was some teenage sniggers from us all to do with sex..

We read that book in English. Joby by Stan Barstow.

That's the one!!

My friend's teenage cousin is called Jobie and he is popular, handsome and lovely with it. He virtually has his own fan club.

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God, I'm slow tonight!

To be honest, the name has got a strong family connection for me. It was my grandparents surname but due to them having daughters, the surname has now comis no longer in use . I am considering it as a potential middle name or possibly even a first name for a boy.

it was the nn is gave my son joseph when he was little

If you can make it a middle name, please do, because you really really never want to bring a child to Scotland, or ever meet any Scots with that name.

But thank you for making me laugh.

A second choice?

I also came on to mention the undesirability of the name in Scotland.

'Tis a brilliant Billy Connolly sketch though, "The Jobbie Wheecha"...... munchity, grunchity......

Really?

Agree with Prickly and Drama

Just want to reinforce that you would have to explain to the poor child why he couldn't go to uni in Edinburgh (or Glasgow or Aberdeen, or Dundee etc!)

It would want make him memorable though!!www.mumsnet.com/te/2.gif

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Sorry, should read 'is now no longer in use'. it has been a long day.

Mustdash and pretty - I will keep that in mind. Is Jobbie pronounced Joe-bee or job-ee in Scotland?

Oh "The Jobbie Wheecher" (how on earth do you spell it?). Monty I am sure it must be on YouTube. Do find it. I would find it for you, but I should be in bed already, since it is almost time to get up - and I don't know how to spell wheecher/weecher/weecha/wheecha.....

It is truly brilliant - and you'll be happy to just have it as a middle name after seeing that.

Depending on your accent it could probably be either!

monty it depends where in Scotland it's being said. I've heard it pronounced both ways

Wasn't there a Joby in the Archers at one time? I think he was the husband of Martha who ran the village shop (but he was one of those people you never actually heard, he was only ever referred to, a bit like Freda Fry).