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Ludo?

69 replies

MeantToStopAtTwo · 07/06/2011 20:37

Tell me, would I be crazy?

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2cats2many · 07/06/2011 20:40

It's ok. I can see it working.

Karbea · 07/06/2011 20:41

It's a game isn't it?

Iggly · 07/06/2011 20:51

Girl or boy?

Are you sure?
What about monopoly or cluedo Wink

MeantToStopAtTwo · 07/06/2011 20:54

Yes, a game but also a boy's name. Is it so unusual that people genuinely haven't heard it?

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kalo12 · 07/06/2011 21:01

Ludovic I like it alot

EllenJaneisnotmyname · 07/06/2011 21:03

As short for Ludovic, I've heard of it. Reminds me of Ludovic Kennedy, the broadcaster chappie. Not to my taste, but if you like it, what the heck...

MaryBS · 07/06/2011 21:04

I've heard of it as a name, but wouldn't use it, because its more commonly used to describe the board game.

smartyparts · 07/06/2011 21:05

I think it's a very posho shortening of Ludovic, but I like it.

I also know a lovely dog called Ludo

MeantToStopAtTwo · 07/06/2011 21:10

I know of two - one well-known in the theatre world and the other a city high-flier with aristocratic connections.

It is perhaps a name better reserved for animals however.

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Mumswang · 07/06/2011 21:24

Ludovic Kennedy used to come in the pub where I worked as a youngster. He was v nice. I like ludo

poppydaisy · 07/06/2011 21:29

I know a Ludovic, nickname Ludo. Lovely name imo.

SoupDragon · 07/06/2011 21:33

Ludo?

kitsmummy · 07/06/2011 21:36

Ben Fogle has a Ludo, I quite like it

Mollydoggerson · 07/06/2011 21:37

I like it, similar to Bruno, very strong name.

FakePlasticTrees · 07/06/2011 21:39

I know a Ludo, he's lovely. And married to someone lovely. And has a very successful (and well paid) career.

Popbiscuit · 07/06/2011 21:43

I think Rachel Johnson has a son called Ludo?

UndiscoveredApprentice · 07/06/2011 21:44

I like Ludovic, and ludo is nice for short, but don't think it is like Bruno at all, I think that is a cartoon like name.

Ludovic is very posh, in my opinion.

MeantToStopAtTwo · 07/06/2011 21:49

I wonder if we're thinking of the same one FakePlasticTrees, as there don't seem to many of 'em about. Last name starting with S?

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Isthreetoomany · 07/06/2011 21:50

As lond as it is short for Ludovic I like it as a nickname. Seems a bit odd if it is the name in itself though.

puffling · 07/06/2011 21:52

A bit posh plus if you've heard of Toby Young and you find him to be an irritant, he has offspring with that name.

needanothacuppa · 07/06/2011 21:54

Ludo? That's a board game!
Either that or it reminds me of Margaret Thatcher patronising Ludovic Kennedy on newsnight 'You know, Ludo...' or was that a spitting image sketch?

Either way Hmm

Don't forget that even if you think a name is fab, your kid will have to live with it for the rest of his life, that reality check did bring me back down to earth on a few occasions when we were searching for baby names!!! Wink

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bilblio · 07/06/2011 21:56

Makes me think of the big orange creature who can call the rocks in Labyrinth... he was nice. :)

squeak2392 · 07/06/2011 22:43

I like Ludovic, but Ludo just makes me think of the game.

valiumbandwitch · 08/06/2011 00:01

I like it! buuuuuut, perhaps it's just me, but names ending in o are starting to sound a tiny bit .... done. That particular trend seems to have been around a decadenow. So for that reason, go for ludovic or ludwig on the bc