Rocco ??!

[icantgetnosleep5]

baby is Finally here, the other children want to call him Rocco. I don't usually like 'different' names, the other choices me and the OH like are Thomas or Hugo.
However, through my sleep addled eyes i'm starting to think Rocco suits him the most!
Is it a terrible idea ?!

[user1472334322]

When I asked ds1 (who was 2 at the time) what he wanted to name his baby brother he always said fireman Sam!! His brother Samuel (Sam) turned 2 last month! I love the fact that Sam can say he was named by his brother and also that ds1 can say that he helped name him. If you like Rocco, I say go for it. A great story about his name to tell him when he's older. Congrats on the birth of your ds.

[Yawninghippo]

I have a DD called Butterfly after her then 3 year old sister was allowed to pick her middle name, and then insisted everyone called her it. It's still stuck almost 5 years later and loads of people don't know her real first name. Love the idea of getting siblings involved.

[teenyrabbit]

I love it. It was on my list but dp didn't like it!

Go for it!

[devilinmyshoes]

I don't think you should use Hugo unless you are an ancient Germanic 😂

[devilinmyshoes]

I let my older two children name their little sister after a character in their favourite series of books at the time 😃

[Chinlo]

I agree with badtime

[badtime]

It's a well-known name, it's a real name, and you like it. There is no reason why you shouldn't use it.

Once names become widespread, people don't even really think of them as 'foreign' - when someone suggests 'Francesca', I don't see too many people worrying about whether the parents have Italian heritage.

Rocco was in the top 200 for boys names in England & Wales in the last ONS figures, so it really is not 'out there'.

(I just checked - it was no. 139; 138 was Aidan, 140 was Nicholas)

[Sophronia]

It makes me think of Madonna. I prefer Thomas.

[Buttwing]

I have one and love the name!!
I'm from an Italian family (who hated it!!) go for it its a fab name

[Sugarpiehoneyeye]

Aww, call him Rocco, let his siblings name him. 😄
Oh, and by the way, I like it !

[blackhairbrush]

I thought it was a unusual name for an English boy, briefly wondered if the family were massive Sylvester Stallone fans and then it just became his name. (I have taught children with far more unusual names).

[notagiraffe]

It's a cute name.

[icantgetnosleep5]

blackhairbrush -did u feel like rolling ur eyes wen u saw his name on the register tho?!

[Foxtato]

If it suits him go for it

[blackhairbrush]

I have taught a Rocco (not Italian) - he was known as Rocky.

[Chinlo]

I like it!

[RiverTam]

No, it's a fine idea. I don't really like Thomas or Hugo, and if you all like Rocco go for it!

[pinkyredrose]

Do you have Italian family links?