Is Hugo a bit rah?

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Or even a lot rah?

Our little boy will be arriving this week by section and hubby and I are still not sure about names! Hubby's favourite is Hugo and I do like it, but I worry that it is a bit posh for us! We are very middle class! Our children are likely to go to a 'normal' school, rather than a 'posh' one (although they would go to the latter if we can afford it - not seeming likely at the moment - and a lot of our friends' children will, so we fall between the gap a bit). Other shortlisted names are Tobias, Sebastian and Alexander. Older children are Jude and Scarlett. Our surname does begin with an H, but we are happy that the alliteration works in this case. At the moment I think we will be going with Tobias, but hubby would jump at the chance to have Hugo if I could get over my concerns and I did choose the other two names so I feel like maybe I should let him have his favourite?

I have a Hugo.
We are not rah!
I too call him Hugs or Huggy.
My husband's family hate the name so did a lady who stopped me the other day. All she said was "oh"
Others though Love it, it's that kind of name.

Ridiculously rah.

not as Rah as Tobias! bit gauche that!

I wouldn't personally use Hugo but don't dislike it intensely

omg - didn't see Tobias as one of your choices Still think it's way too Rah

I agree with saul. You really don't need to worry about being 'Rah' if you use the word hubby.

We have a Hugo, 17 months. He gets called Hugs or Hugzy or Baby Hugs for short. Everyone loves his name. And no, we're not rah.

RAH-ther!

My brother is a Hugo and I'm from a regular middle class family not posh. We used to call him huggy bear!

It is incredibly rah, but I tend to find about half the names on here a bit rah (working class Irish background) so mightn't be the best guide .

As long as you don't drop your h as a matter of course it should be ok! Poor little yougo at the doctor's the other day had more to worry about than sounding raa!

I like the name Hugo.

When I open my mouth however, people sometimes give me dirty looks as though I may have been personally responsible for oppressing their ancestors.

"dickish sort of posh" I'm afraid.

Seriously, it's a cool name. Will he be the only one in a school full of Stephens and Davids though (not implying there's anything wrong with those classic English names btw!)? If you have older children, you must know the lay of the land at the school they attend.

prefer hugh but i don't see hugo as "rah". i think it's a fab name!

I much prefer Alexander as long as you shorten it to Alex.
There was a 2 year old in the shoe shop yesterday, too long floppy blond curls and designer clothes and his mum called him Xander - somehow it seemed so predictable.

I know three Hugos.

One is from a family that is old-money posh and also half French.
One is from a middle class and down to earth family.
One is from a middle class and v v aspirational family.

Take your pick!

Or should it be 'Hugoes'?

Very Rah indeed.

yes rather rah!

It´s not "rah" at all is it?

It´s a lovely name-prefer Tobias, though.

We called him Alexander Raphael and we are shortening to Alex :)

Pip Awwwww

Huge Congrats to you and the whole family. Hope wee Alexander is doing well and you're recovering well from the c/s.

xx