If You're Irish...

[woopsidaisy]

What do you think of the name Bosco?
I love this name,and have met a couple of guys called Bosco. I always think "I Love that name!"
But do people generally like it or will they think I am mental? Am I subjecting my child to a life time of slagging??!
I actually live in the North now, where the TV show wasn't as big...what do you think?

I should point out that I don't even know if DC3 is a boy yet! But I think it might be...

I live and grew up in Northern Ireland and have no idea what the TV featuring or called Bosco is/was.

I am 27 years old, dunno if that's something to do with it, maybe it was before my time....

In terms of the name: it is cool, easy to spell and couldn't be mistaken for a girls name.

I wrote a reply originally to this saying please noooooooooooooo - don't use it but actually when I say it a few times it's ok. Could grow on me!

Am from North too!!

TV character gives me creeps though!!

I grew up in the north too. I really have to agree with pinkflipflop. I hated the programme. but when you say the name a few times it is really a bit of a grower.

Ah Bosco - happy memories of being addicted to it as a child . Way too close to bosca (Irish for box, hence why the puppet was called Bosco)

My brothers also had a teacher called Brother Bosco (Franciscan monk) at school.

So for me, a definite no

I'm from Cork btw

Oh, I'm sorry but NO! Unless your little boy is very pale, very ginger and you plan to keep him in a box.
My brother talked like Bosco for a YEAR!!!
I have not quite recovered.

I mean,

A friend of mine started working as a producer in RTE in the mid 80s straight out of college and was consigned to the dustbin of history Children's Programming. She nearly ended up taking to the drink.

Oh no!
Hasn't anyone met a Bosco other than the Bosco?

These responses are funny though...

I may ignore you all. I like it.

No, no please don't. A lifetime of being asked who has their hand up your bum! No thanks :)

There was a bosco in the tv show third watch. So that's what I thought you meant by the tv name. He was cute.
But if it's after a puppet then no!

We went to a church that was something to do with Don John Bosco so I think of it as a surname.

I say go for it

but start saving now for the years of therapy that will be required

Another Cork woman here. Id say a definite no. A red haired puppet with a strange voice. Aren't there enough names to choose from ? But then again its your choice !

Gah! isn't it time to let the kids show go?

It was a normal name before the bloody puppet!!

I even dreamt about calling possible DS this name last night...I really want it.

Maybe I could be like a name crusader...forging through the unfair bias resulting from a show that hasn't been shown on TV since 1996! And even then only on RTE!

Er, Mary, Oscar is a And sort of an anti-Bosco.

Oh lol please don't call your child Bosco!!! I am part amused part horrified! But then, I found him part amusing part horrifying! :)

I also thought he was a girl until recently!!!

Ufásach.

My first thought, apart from the puppet, was the fireman/paramedic on third watch called Bosco,but he was Italian and it was short for Boscerelli.
I say no no no,you will get bad reactions forever i fear.

Not many people for it then. Why don't you use it as a middle name?

Feck!
Why did I ask you all?

So if you met a little boy in the playground,you would all think "WTF were the parents thinking?"
Not "Cute name! I'm so over the puppet?"

Plus I live in the North, where most people have never seen Bosco.

I'm not giving up yet.

Although I do quite like Ted too.