Rocky / Hudson

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Hello Oh Wise Mumsnetters!

Would love some opinions on the names Rocky and Hudson. If we call our DS3 (9 weeks to go!!!) Rocky are we setting him up for ridicule???? Me and DH love it.....but just unsure.....!
Is Hudson too 'American' (we live in UK).....
After having 2 DD's we are struggling for boys names!!! Help!

I love the name Hudson, but maybe that's because I have lived in the states. I know a little boy out there with this name, he gets called Hud for short very cool. Like the movie Hud with paul newman.

What about Roscoe?

Rocky is a bit of a Marmite name. Don't let that put you off if you love it :) but I'd suggest using it as a nickname for something else, because it's quite 'out there'.

Hudson isn't to my taste but there's nothing wrong with it IMO. Congratulations btw :)

Rocky is a fab name! If my baby is a boy it will be called Rocky. X

I don't like either of them tbh. Rocky is particularly bad tho. I remember my mum wouldn't even let us name our hamster that when we were younger. Perhaps our loss tho - on the right little boy I'm sure it would suit just fine x

Rocky is a dogs name

Andrew Flintoff has a Rocky . He must be about 5 ish now.

It totally depends on where you live, what your surname is, what your other children are called, what sort of circles you mix in etc. 'Rocky' does have 1 obvious and several less obvious connotations, so the surnames Balboa, Road/Rhodes or Bullwinkle would probably mean this name is not for you! How about Rocco (pretty well known Italian name) or Roque (Portuguese, pronounced 'Rocky').

Hudson doesn't make me raise an eyebrow. There are heaps of surnames-as-first-names, so I can't see this being deemed too 'out there'.

Congrats & good luck!

Love rocky but wouldn't be brave enough to use it. Also like vining

Not to my taste (and my Mum's dog is called Hudson), but they're not that outlandish.
Rocky is a bit nicknamey, and Hudson too surnamey for me.

I love unusual names...but rocky and Hudson are dreadful.

Argh!

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I don't mind either actually but as I'm sure you will have worked out many people won't like them so you have to think about whether that bothers you our not.

Oh yes . I wonder what they went with.......

I like both but prefer rocky if I had to pick one.

I quite like Hudson actually - I don't mind some surnamey names. I love Jackson for example!

Rocky on the other hand is awful! Rocco is slightly better.

I actually like both names. I prefer hudson out of the two.

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May 2012 - he'll either be a Rocky or a Hudson by now, or he won't!

They're both ok as far as im concerned. Prefer Hudson, but that's because I know a very cute Hudson. Wouldn't bother me at all that its very American.
They're are far worse names in my opinion which I'm sure most mumsnetters would love

Hudson or skylar would be my front runners. I think that rocky and mohawk have very strong connotations and would be better as nn.

Rocco?

Rocco is short for rochbert, a saint. Rocco is quite a common Italian name.

Dennis

I know Rocky & baby Alan too

Although Alan must be about 15 by now I would have thought.

Small world etc.

Rocco could have nn Rocky

I have an ex named Rocky...it really has affected his job prospects as interviewers just plain haven't taken him seriously. On the back of spending years unable to get a better paid job, he ended up with really low self esteem. A name like Rocky really makes or breaks you.