LUDO! go easy on me.....

[tigerpug]

ok, first post on mums net, go easy on me
what do you think of the name Ludo for a boy
I love it - makes me think of earthy outdoor scenes, crackling fires and a lovely polite child who eats brocolli and loves his mummy
DH just laughs everytime i mention it
Is it gorgeous and unique, or just godawful?

It makes me think of the board game.

Awful.
Sorry!

I once had a hot French boyfriend called Ludo(vic). Happy memories...

I also think of the board game. I don't like it for a human, personally.

If you love it then do it. I love my daughters name (it just got many criticisms on here) but none bothered me because I adore it and I think she will too. The way I thought is would I like it if it was my name and the answer was hellll yesssssssss! Harder with a boy I know! Does DH hate it?

Wasn't Ludo the name of the dog on Labyrinth?

I just googled it (because I thought it was a made up name) and the meaning is 'famous fighter'. Doesn't really fit with your interpretation of the name.

ha!! ludo was the big hairy monster in the bog of eternal stench but wanted to gloss over that association!

Sorry but Ludo makes me think of the big hairy monster from the Labyrinth.

loved Labyrinth, and Bowies leggings! perhaps thats why im so keen on the name. no wonder it isnt a goer with DH

When I read the thread title I said it in the voice of the big hairy thing from the Labyrinth - Luuuuuudooo. He is very cute though. I would absolutely not inflict give that name to a child. Sorry.

totally 100% the board game and can't think of anything else

maybe i should bin the name Ludo and go for Cluedo instead!

Aww my dogs called Ludo...he's mad as a box of frogs..does that help?

I have a few Belgian friends called Ludo (3 to be specific), it's a very common name there so for that reason I do not think of it as weird or unusual.

Although based on the above probably not a good idea here?

Ludovic is better. Ivo is quite cool.

I'm sorry, you can't. My associations:

a) game
b) dog

If you called him Ludovic and Ludo developed as a nickname by itself (rather than you imposing it), that would be a bit different, I think. But I think Ludovic would be a bit of an odd name to use without cultural connections.

Terrible, I hear it a lot and I am afraid it makes me cringe and chuckle all at the same time. It is in the same league as Cosmo for me.

Was at a baby group 6-ish months ago where there was a little Ludo, nice mum. And weirdly 24 hours later I was at one of those pottery painting places and a slightly overbearing dreadful loud American woman was in getting prints of her pfb. He was also named Ludo! Full name Ludivico after Leonardo Da Vinci's mentor she explained although no-one asked! (Ludovico Sforza - after a quick google ). She then went on to say she'd never heard of another Ludo and had done extensive research to confirm the very few Ludo's registered in previous years. I didn't have the heart to tell her I'd met another baby Ludo not 24 hours previous!

I quite like it, although it sounds a bit like a dog's name to me. (I'm probably thinking of Wills and Kate's dog, Lupo though???)

the dream is over, sniff sniff
btw DH top choice is Cliff, doesnt that make Ludo sound a whole lot better?

Yeah it does OP! You can't call him Cliff, Ludo is definitely better.

Is it definitely a boy?

Ludo is definitely better than Cliff!

Oh my goodness, Ludo or Cliff, what a choice. Is there any chance you're having a girl

Cliff?

well, definitely a retro name, maybe your dh is the beginning of a trend to revive it..