Jethro

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I did a search on Mumsnet for threads containing this name and the only bad things people mentioned were the Cornish comedian and that it's a bit redneck/hillbilly.

I think most people of my parents generation (I'm 29) would make the comedian association but I don't think people my age and certainly my childrens age would think of him straight away. I also think people would have said Seth was too redneck/hillbilly/farmer a few years ago and now it's quite popular so obviously I'm just cooler than you!

So any other thoughts about Jethro? Will it become trendy do to it's 'O' ending? Like Milo, Otto, Arlo etc?

I don't know who the comedian is, the connection I make is to the pop group Jethro Tull and also to the agricultural guy Jethro Tull.

Fwiw I've never known a Jethro, Milo, Otto or Arlo.

I don't know who the comedian is either!

It's an ok name, I don't love it but I don't hate it either

I think Jethro Tull, the prog rock band, so to me it sounds quite 1970s. I've never heard of the comedian.

I like it though, I can imagine a Jethro being quite a cool kid. Also it's pretty rare these days but at the same time a widely known name.

Go for it!

I really like it, and Jet is a cool nn. Only makes me think of the guy from NCIS.

Jethro is a great name - cool, masculine and not overused.

I don't know anyone called it, nor do I know the comedian.... Anyway, your Jethro will become his name!

I have no idea who a comedian called Jethro is.

Cool name. I imagine a cool teen.

And Jet is a punchy nn.

How far are you away from Cornwall? I'm your age and Cornish - I would be thinking 'What 'appended was.......' Every time I heard his name (reference to Cornish comedian!) However I wouldn't have thought many people away from the South West would know him.

Gibbs from NCIS.

I think it's a very cool name though.

Quite nice

I heard a mum calling her toddler this recently. I did think of the awful comedian but then I am older than you.

I have a Seth and no one has ever said anything about farmers or hillbillies etc. They used to say stuff about Seth from Emmerdale but then he left the programme and then died so nothing for years!

Never heard of the comedian but agree it sounds a bit Texas hillbilly - it also sounds like 'death row' sorry!

Jet is a cool nickname though

I like it! Did think of the band but don't let that bother you, or the comedian for that matter. People get used to names very quickly. My ds is called Axel and first time someone meets him they might go "Axel Foley" or "Axl Rose", doesn't bother me in the slightest. I'd rather that than a boring common name.

Oh, forgot my favourite O-ending name: MURDO.

Another one who thought of Gibbs from NCIS here

My first thought was the fat Cornish comedian but actually, I do think it could morph into quite a cool name, along the same lines as Milo, Arlo etc. Its biblical isn't it?

I immediately think of the comedian.....however im from the southwest and he's a family friend of my best friend!
It's actually quite a cool name though!

Love it!!! I'm foreign so no idea who the comedian is, just made me think of the band.

My first thought on seeing the thread title was 'please tell me someone's not thinking of inflicting that on a baby'!

I'm only 38 and live in the SE but have known of the comedian for years - I believe his comedy tends towards the dubious too.

If your heart's set on it though and you don't think many people where you are will make the association, it's not bad as names go - for me it's just the connection that would be off putting.

I'm afraid when I heard it I immediately played the banjos from 'Deliverance'

My art history teacher at school was called Jethro, and he was VERY cool.

I am younger than you and immediately think "Tull". Sorry.

I wanted this name for my boy, but partner vetoed it! Use it! I think it is great, and Jet is a perfect shortening if you want one.

Nooo I'd laugh!

This Jethro comedian fella can't be that funny if only Cornish people have ever heard of him!