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...

Don't like it personally, but If YOU like it, go for it!

I have an uncle called John Bosco, but he was born before the puppet.... I'd say it would be ok if he was never going to be in contact with any Irish people of a certain age

Hairybaby.com have some tee shirts and mugs of the little man if you wanted to stock up in advance

I know! I love Hairybaby stuff!

A former neighbour had a baby Grover about ten years ago. It was an old Dutch family name they claimed, but nobody could get past SuperGrover.

If there was any chance of a baby named Bosco having red hair, even slightly auburn hair, I would avoid it. Otherwise it's not in and of itself a bad name.

Little Grover didn't have blue hair.

I'm in the North too. RTE was surprisingly widespread in the 80s and 90s up here. Even in the arsehole of nowhere remote, rural areas.

You can't call an Irish child, living in Ireland, Bosco FFS :o

I'm with Freddie - uafásach ar fad!

You might as well call him Gonzo.

Ted, as in the super-evil giant panda on the Den who used to attack Ray, Zig and Zag on an alarmingly regular basis? Noooo!

Jaysus, apparently I have puppet ishoos!

at Ted...I'd forgotten about the panda!!

What's third on your list? Dustin?

Don't call him Dustin. My mother still hasn't got over the shame of 'sending a bloody singing turkey' to the Eurovision.

Not Irish, so don't know anything about the puppet, but the name sounds pleasant to me. Doesn't particularly seem Irish, but definitely Catholic, as there is a Catholic high school down the road from me called Don Bosco :)

Why not use it as a middle name?.

I'm in the North, have just asked my husband to be totally sure and he just said "Oh God that strange little puppet from RTE, creepy".

I just asked ds1 who is 15, "What do you think of calling a little boy Bosco?"
and his first reaction was to burst out laughing and then he said, "Wasn't that some kind of puppet?"

Curse you RTE with your little puppet!!

Point taken.

Back to the drawing board....

Yes, looong memories and huge chips on our shoulders. No wonder we're fucked.

AHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA HAHAHAAAAAAAAA

Ahem.

No, sorry you just can't.

What about Rocco that has a similar sound?

Never heard of it and not keen on the name - much prefer Roscoe - my very first crush when I was about 11 lol

O god no, don't do it. Awful awful awful tv show with the most irritating character ever. Please don't do this to your child.

If you decide to call your son Bosco you will then need to have another son straight away and call him Kermit. They will be able to support each other against the 'hilarious' jokes they will receive everyday for.the.rest.of.their.lives.

The only acceptable circumstances in which you could name him Bosco would be if you could guarantee that in his lifetime he would never visit Ireland or meet an Irish person. But an Irish child, growing up in Ireland................ no.

I hate to say it but that annoying ginger puppet of indeterminate sex OWNS that name.

I'm in NI and know 2 bosco's both grown men so probably named before the puppet came about. I have never once thought it was a weird name though, although I might think it now if someone called their baby it iyswim.

Loved Bosco. Had him as me Facebook picture profile for a while. Migrated from Ireland when I was 14, lived in Irish NY, then London, now Surrey so. I could be sentimentally biased. That said, I think the name has character. Nil se ufasach!