Desperate to name 4 week old DS and seeking opinions on the name Joby.

[camarelia]

Despite being born at 41+1 weeks DS is still nameless at 4 weeks old and the main reason for this is other peoples' reactions to our favourite name. It's Joby and when he was born we both just loved it. However we've been inundated with comments such as 'why don't you just call him Toby' and 'why would you call him that'. I think the main reason for this is that we never said that Joby was his name, just that we were considering it.

So my question is whether to stick to our guns and call him Joby and ignore everyone else or to go back to the drawing board. Between DH and I we have french, italian and english heritage that we want to honour through the name and other names we've considered are Luca and Maxime. So what do you think/where should we go from here?

Our other DC are Camilla, Marco and Aurelia.

Luca and Maxime are much nicer.

Joby is much too close to a Scottish slang word for faeces for my liking. It really doesn't work with your other dc;s names either. The other two do.

I was just going to warn you about the "jobby" meaning poo in Scotland thing too. I really like Luca for what it's worth. If you really like Joby go for it, it's your choice, but it's not to my personal taste.

Ha I only clicked on the thread to warn you that Jobby means poo but I have been beaten to it!

I presume Joby is pronounced Joe-Bee though? still a bit close!

It sounds like a nickname for Toby too

go with one of your other choices for his BC and use Joby at home (at your peril - it does mean 'shit')

I also thought 'Jobby' I'm afraid.

Thanks for the replies. Yes prenounced Jo-be. We liked it because it's unusual but has the option of the nn Joe which is normal if he doesn't like his name!

I have never heard of this name. I don't really like it, frankly.

Of your other choices, I particularly like Luca.

To be honest I'd be a bit put out if I were your ds and got landed with Joby when my siblings had such wonderful,classic names as Camilla,Marco and Aurelia. They're such beautiful,strong names that will suit them at every stage of their lives,and Joby isn't in that category imho.

I know a Joby and I don't think the association between his name and the Scottish slang word has ever been made.

I knew of a Joby, never heard of scottish word - I love the name :) Luca is ok too, but Maxime is really not to my taste, too harsh sounding.

But, it's not my little one, it's yours. Go with the name you love. Screw everyone else's opinion.

Another one thinking of Jobby.

Luca is much nicer imo.

Yes, only call him Joby if you know that he will never, never live in Scotland! The Scottish pronunciation of 'jobby' even sounds a bit like it should be spelt 'joby' which is a bit unfortunate. Other than that I think it's quite a sweet name.

I like Luca - Lucien is a nice variant on that too.

Go for Luca. Joby = ridiculous sounding in the uk, and Maxime = v feminine

Tbh Joby does remind me of 'jobby' as mentioned by other posters, that said Otis a nice name but I do think it could potentially leave your DS having to explain his name continuously. Also, as a person who has interviewed people for various roles in a past company I worked for, I don't think this name would be taken too seriously, IMO.

Also I think Maxime sounds too similar to the lads mag, Maxim (sp) iykwim.

It's crap when people pick holes in a name you like, wanted Finlay as my boys name but everyone banged on about it's popularity so te shone disappeared!

I like Luca, Maxime sounds too feminine.

That should not have said 'otis' (bleedin' auto correct) though Otis is a rather nice name!

Luca is the best of the bunch although still not to my personal taste.

However, I don't think that you should go with the opinions of strangers on the internet or be influenced by friends and relatives. If Joby is your favourite then just go for it.

I do like joby, and despite having all of DHs family from Scotland, have never heard the jobby word association.
I'm not overly keen on maxima but I think Luca is lovely and sits very nicely with your other DCs names.
Don't let other peoples comments put you off if you really love Joby.
Or how about Jobe? (pronounced Joe with a B on the end) I grew up with a boy called that and thought it was lovely. Never heard of another one)

There's a footballer called Jobi McAnuff; Jobi is a nickname as his first two names are Joel & Joshua...would you consider doing something like that so he can have 'normal' name, funky nickname?

Your other children have lovely names! We're an Italian/English mix family and names we considered for DS are Massimo, Sergio, Francesco, Gianluca, Vittantonio & Alessandro.
Hilary Duff named her son Luca recently!

Good luck!

I do very much like Massimo actually. We also really liked Rocco but thought that might have been a bit too far!

just some extra info- my husband says Joby is used quite a bit in Bucks and other countryside areas, like Jethro etc
Weirdly enough just hearing that changed my perception of it postively.
Had a very difficult time with my first as we both loved "kai" but had to accept defeat when Coleen Rooney used it- game over!