Rocco?

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I really like it. Have DS1 with unusual name which he loves. Just not too sure if too out there, we live in nice area with good schools where newborns all seem to be Harry, George, William, Edward etc!

My first thought was Home and Away, Heath and Biancas son was called Rocco, I like it, use the name if you like it.

Madonna's ancestry is Italian, so I wouldn't see anything odd about her choice.

Nothing odd at all about Madonna choosing the name, I just don't like her

Fair enough, but someone said she chose it so it must be naff, or wtte

It's horrible but who cares - use it if you want to. There's no point asking for opinions on here and then getting snippy. Don't ask if you don't want people to give their honest opinions.

I have a rocco..do I care what people think no!! If it's good enough for madge it's good enough for my son it really suits him

La la Rocco's modern life...

Used to like that cartoon.

I live in an area with quite a few 'out there' choices so I wouldn't bat an eyelid at Rocco. I met a Wilder the other day. And a Reno.

It's not for me personally as I have a cat called Rocky.

I wouldn't want to call my child what Madonna called hers. Would be like choosing one of the Beckham's kids names. Naff.

So all names that a celeb uses are out of bounds? I chose the name as I love it I also have a Shiloh aren't I a naff one

No just slebs who are naff Regina

I think Rocco will become more popular and will seep into common lexicon.

When a celebrity uses an unusual name, people often decide that as it's been pre-approved as a 'real' name by a famous person, that makes it OK to use.

This may be why you often come across 'celebby' baby names such as Luna or Harlow, but rarely encounter very unusual names like Parsifal or Beulah - because a celebrity has pre-approved a name, an ordinary person can choose something out of the ordinary without sticking their own neck out.

I know a fabulous Rocco, he is half labradoodle and half collie and great company

See, I think of Rocco as quite a posh name, along with Rollo?

Traditional and Catholic.

DH is a teacher in a private boys school and teaches several of them, most older than Madonna's child!

Rocco is hardly 'out there'. In 2013 it was the 146th most popular name.

By contrast Andrew was 154th.

-o endings are supposed to be the latest trend in the UK. So I don't think not being Italian, or having Italian heritage is a barrier to using it.

As MamaLazarou says I think its has already seeped in as being a normal name and will be accepted by the current generation of Roccos. Its just the parents who have a problem with it but then that has happened to every generation this century and I can point you to newspaper articles bemoaning the use of names that aren't proper that we wouldn't blink at.