Bento for a boy

[monkeygone]

OH is Brazilian and we live in Brazil. Bento is a very old Portuguese name.

Does it sounds ridiculous in English though? What with it being kind of almost the word "bent"?

What is this Japanese lunchbox of which you speak ? I've never heard of that, but I'm still in the no camp, simply because I think it would be cruel to call a child who may end up living in an English speaking country, anything that people are going to hear / call him 'bent'

I am surprised you have never come across bento boxes in Brazil given the huge Japanese community there and the popularity of Japanese restaurants. I had never tasted Japanese food before I went to live in São Paulo for 6 months many years ago. Perhaps the term is less commonly used in Brazilian Japanese restaurants than English ones but chances are it may signify Japanese food to a lot of Brazilians too.

Thiago is great. There was an actor in a telenovela shown when I lived there called Thiago Lacerda. He was dreamy.