Rupert Cosmo _______

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Hey,

So we're 2 weeks away from our due date and beginning to (mildly) panic over names.

'Yay' or 'Nay' on the current front-runner if it's a boy...

Rupert Cosmo

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No, not posh at all :) I hadn't even considered the posh factor with this choice. I just liked how they sounded

No, not posh at all

To be honest I hadn't even thought of it as sounding posh until reading these comments :)

oh balls... new to Mumnsnet and appear to have posted the same comment twice. And apparently there's no delete option.

Cosmo sounds like someone out of the Muppets (sorry).

And Rupert to me has always been associated with a derogatory term for a (posh) officer in the Army so it has negative connotations, but if you can get past that, it would depend on your surname.

Love Cosmo and Cosimo !

Jilly Cooper and Mary Wesley fan by any chance?

I LOVE Cosmo but will never get it past 'the censor'.

What's wrong with Rupert? I have several friend's called Rupert! (Rupe/The Bear)

But as much as I like both names, personally I think they may be overkill together (coming from the person who's child has two middle names and a double barrelled surname

I think it depends where you live. It's a much easier name to pull off in Hampstead than it is in Sunderland (for example)...

I'm not sure I like the two together as it does sound like you could be a Jilly Cooper mega fan! Rupert Campbell Black is a character in lots of her books and there is a little boy called Cosmo in at least one of them too. Not strange except that neither names are all that common, so the two together would make me think of JC.

Of the two, I think I prefer Cosmo. Rupert is ok too, but would probably drop one of them. How about:

Rufus Cosmo
Rupert Caspar
Cosmo Ralph (Rafe)

Sounds very posh and a bit wet, sorry.

And the initials spell arsey, not good.

Both names are fabulous OP, go for it.

It's a child, not an expensive teddy bear.

Thanks

I really like it :-)

I think it's the combination of both names that sounds posh.

Rupert Daniel
James Cosmo

...both work but put them together and yep, posh sounding. Nice names though.

I love Rupert (Roo!!). I knew one once, very dashing and handsome boy. Anyway I think the combination of the two sound a bit much, just a tad try hard. User's post is totally spot on, if you paired it with say Henry or Harry or Samuel or any other fairly run of the mill name it would sound different. Cosmo is ok but not to my personal taste.

I have a Cosmo. He's amazing, not drippy or wet. He rocks his name. It doesn't stand out at all in the part of London we live and it also reflects his Italian heritage.

That said - Rupert Cosmo is too much. One or the other, but not both together.

Very Jilly!!

It's a lovely name. Perfect.

I have a Cosmo. He's amazing, not drippy or wet. He rocks his name. It doesn't stand out at all in the part of London we live and it also reflects his Italian heritage.

That was my point - it might not stand out at all in your part of London, but where I live it would stand out like a sore thumb.

Pottering - So are you saying that just because a name sticks out people shouldn't use it for fear of being different? We could easily have named our son Giuseppe or Ludovico - not many of those around either. We named our son after his FIL who is a Cosimo - and we'd still have named him so regardless of geography.

The sort of people who would mock my son's name aren't people whose opinions I would value.

There's a Rupert at our swimming classes - his sisters are called Jacinta and Margaret (random nod to royalty maybe!).

Definitely a posh combo of names you've chosen.

What is wrong with 'posh' anyway? I seem to love these names, they sound classy, cool and not faddy.

I think we (adults) need to be a little more open minded