Rupert Cosmo _______

[Tobe]

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

?

Bit too trying hard to look like we have 100 acres in the Cotswolds. AKA jilly cooper. If you do have 100 acres in the Cotswolds, go right ahead.

OK, I feel I need to point out at this juncture that I've never actually read a Jilly Cooper book. Nor has my wife for that matter (to the best of my knowledge!). We're also neither of us posh (although who cares), both went to standard comprehensive schools, neither have/had double-barrelled surnames, live in a modest little flat in North London which we paid for ourselves, and have never been to the Cotswolds... :)

I have absolutely no concerns with choosing a name that's different and/or stands out from the crowd. In fact I'd prefer it.

We just happen to like 2x names that (1) aren't associated with any sort of religion and (2) Don't have obvious royal connections. Which was kinda the objective.

I also love the idea of shortening to "Roops" "Rupey" "Ru" "Poops"

You want to call your child "Poops"?

OK, maybe 'poops' is a step too far

Poops will be accurate for the first couple of years....

Love it and I like the way you're standing behind it. If you like it - go ahead!

Yes I always wonder why people start threads asking for opinions on names if they've made their minds up already. Odd

I also think these threads are a bit we would like a name that stands out from the crowd / is different. OP is this your first child? Because from my 11 year old ' s point of view, that would be the last thing he'd want. Are you going to stand on the sidelines of a rugby / football field and shout "great tackle rupey / poops"? I just think perhaps you need to imagine how a name will work for a toddler / a teen / an adult (and every stage in between).

Don't get me wrong, think I got it wrong with my child's name (massively too popular but didn't realise at the time, it was just my favourite name for a child) but think ahead. Good luck with whatever you choose.

We haven't made our minds up yet

I do hate the "if you like it o for it" approach. It's not the OP who's going to have to live with the name for the next 80 years!

And it's all very well saying that people who snigger at a child's name aren't worth knowing. Of course they aren't. Bu the child still has to live with their name being sniggered at.

Really?... think ahead? Why would being called Rupert be a problem for an eleven year old?

I'd have absolutely no problem shouting "Rupes" at a football match.

How about Rufus, Rudy or Ruari? You could use Run as a nn for any of those.

Cosmo is a bit pretentious.

*Ru not Run! That would be a crap nickname

Rufus is nice

We have a nephew Rupert, who has always been Ru - he's 14.

I love the name Cosmo. Although we have friends who have a dog with this name so I tend to think of dogs.

I think Cosmo only works if you are v posh and/or Italian. I think Rupert on it's own is ok, if toned down with a more main stream middle name. I also really like Ruben which would also give similar ( and less pooey) nick names.

I went to uni with a Rupert - v normal bloke, no one raised an eyebrow.

Thing is you're stuffed on mumsnet - Jayden/kaiden/Kai names are chavvy. Rupert is 'posh and poncey'

Just call him Noah/Reuben/George or one of the other tedious and faddy 'mumsnet approved' names, like eleventy billion other babies have

Or go with Rupert
Easy to spell and pronounce, classic, unusual but not weird
Suits toddler-grown up

What's not to like?

Rupert Cosmo Wafflebottom

Rufus or Reuben might be a touch less rah...? I am tittering away here as our children go to private school (not posh, just military) and there are no Ruperts or Cosmos! There is, however, a Jayden and a Dwayne so perhaps the tide is turning?!

I really like Rupert. It's uncommon but not modern and faddy. It's a good proper name that suits every age. Lots of lovely nicknames and he will be taken seriously in whatever path life takes him.

Not a fan of Cosmo but you hardly use the middle name so not a big issue.

I think it is lovely!

thanks :)

So... Mumsnet has spoken and from what I'm hearing, the names Rupert & Cosmo - although not without their charms - might not work so well together (...and I hadn't realised the Jacky Collins connection before starting this thread. Good job I checked, eh).

Sadly, it looks like Cosmo might be swapped out for one of the reserves. But I expect 'Rupes' will stay ;)

Thanks all. x

Tobe,

Not a great Cosmo fan, but other upper middlish names I like ( expecting be flamed) are your own

Toby/tobias nn tobe
Hector
Piers
Hugo
Rollo
Charles

Giles
Edmund
Guy

The last two can be used not sounding too posh.

James crosses the social divides

Op- Not Jackie Collins! Jilly cooper!
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