Rollo

[delilah88]

What do you think? It is a version of Rolf.

I know 2 chocolate labs called rollo!!

Just no

King Rollo! Amazing! Haven't thought of him for years.

But no, not for your child.

sounds like a mucky but loveable puppy. Rowan? Rory? Rupert? Roger? Roland? Robert? Ronald? All could be shortened to a nn of Rollo if you're brave enough it fits :-)

However, King Rollo is a very cute 'bump' name!

really wouldnt pick Rollo, sorry.

would mark you out as a pretentious arse

But is it Roh-lo as in rhymes with hollow or as in Row-lo.

You really need to think about this in certain accents, friends DH is called Roland, nn Roly. My natural pronunciation of this is Role-ee when it should be said Row-lee. I would naturally read and pronounce Rollo as Row-lo and so would most people with my accent.

Also it does have fat and posh, sort of Billy Bunter type connotations

sasha - Roh-lo is the same as Row-lo to me, and Role-ee is the same as Row-lee.

Sorry Loops I'm struggling. Think of someone with a nice and common sounding East London/Essex accent.

Roh-lo= rhymes with hollow so rollow?
Row-lo= rolo the sweets but in my accent has quite a long 'o' so a pronounced w sound

And then yeah am struggling to explain the other bit just that friends husband (all have quite posh almost RP type accents) pronounce Roly differently to me. Maybe their version is holy and mine is hole-ee, so again longer 'O' sound.

Its hard to articulate on here but theres a noticeable difference (they correct me on it all the time) between my way and people who speak like me as well as some of their more 'accented' friends than how they typically pronounce it.

I love Rollo

I think the poor boy would endure a childhood of mockery..

It is pronounced Rol (like 'Poll' of 'Poll Tax') -- lo

Fine... If he's a dog.

Please not

Sounds weird how you've said it's pronounced but whatever, either way its bloody awful to be honest.

Has posh fat public schoolboy type connotations and if that isn't the sort of environment he will be growing up in I think e will have the piss well and truly ripped. Deservedly of course as its really like something you'd call a chubby dog.

Rollo existed! He was a Viking leader and hero. Our royal family is descended from him (he was the ancestor to the normans).

But probably tough for a kid to argue this point when being teased....