Sesame Street character and our other names... Please rate them. Thanks :)!

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Boy:

Elmo (can we? I love Elmo Gabriel ... ....-....) Do children know who Elmo is nowadays? Do you know who Elmo is (I didn't and neither did DH)?
Gabriel (too popular?)
Anton (nice, but isn't it a bit boring...?)
Elric
Clinton (I love the name. But I think it will have to remain a guilty pleasure, right?)

Girl:

Erica (my favourite)
Susannah
Helena (my 2nd favourite girl's name)
Louisa

Emil is lovely IMO. Oddly, this thread has warmed me to Elmo?

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Uhm... Where's my comment? Why is there simply a dot...?

Anyhow:

Blaise is pronounced 'blaze'. No lisping required.

Yes, I mean. But it kind of means lisping, doesn't it? So, I'm wondering if lisping can be something positive?

Didn't you also do this exercise in an ancient studies class in school where the teacher told you the meaning of your name? Infront of the whole class?

A friend of mine's was "mother sheep". I was so relieved mine was "lionness" or something..

Blaise reminds me of physics I don't think I have ever heard of another one tbh, but I think I like it.

Well I'm still going to back you on Elmo Gabriel!

I love it!

Also like
Leo
Enzo
Diego
Hugo
Aldo
Carlo
Jethro,
if we're talking names ending in "O"!

Yes Leo!

Elmo Gabriel!

I love it! So do I, diddl :(!

Leo is my own nickname (well, one of them). I'd feel really conceited...

Enzo is rather nice... Not as lovely as Elmo, but there's a similarity I like.

Thank you :)!!

I've only ever come across the name Elmer twice in real life and both were middle-aged Irish women.

I think Emilio or Emil, nicknamed Elmo for babyhood, is a great solution if you really want to use Elmo. I would definitely not use it as a real name - unlike most children's characters, it has endured across generations and continents. People ages 1 - 60 in any anglophone country and many many others will almost all know Elmo the puppet and have zero other associations with that name.

No ancient studies here - just Stone Age Ireland all the way through to 1960.

St. Blaise was an ancient saint, a physician (of sorts) and bishop, who was martyred, but saved a choking boy on his way to the jail where he was torn to pieces using metal combs. His feast is often commemorated by a rite involving the blessing of throats in Christian churches. There is a big celebration of St. Blaise in Dubrovnik every year on his feast day - a relative of mine got swept into it when stranded there one time.

What do you think of Owen?

Apparently Elmo is derived from Erasmus, via Ermo.

How can you not know who Elmo is? Do you live in a cave in Antarctica?!

Anton is a great name

How can you not know who Elmo is? Do you live in a cave in Antarctica?!

No...? I just didn't watch shows when I was a child.

Apparently Elmo is derived from Erasmus, via Ermo Yup, it is. But I unfortunately don't like Erasmus as much as Elmo...

I think Emilio or Emil, nicknamed Elmo for babyhood, is a great solution if you really want to use Elmo. That is true... Makes me kind of sad, I love Elmo Gabriel...

Tbh, I just can't see the problem with using Elmo, even now Op does know who he is!

People use Barney, Casper, Rosie, Jim, Charlie, Lola,Felix (cat food), Flora (margarine)...

I'm loving this thread. What with the lack of telly and 'didn't you do this thing in Ancient Studies class' I suspect the OP and I had somewhat different childhood experiences! Anyhoo, if you love Elmo, just go for it - it's not like it was invented for the red puppet. Other alternatives:

Ansel
Anders
Eli
Elias
Ellis
Enzo
Emmanuel

Anders it sound like anderes...
Eli My brother's nickname
Elias That's already taken
Ellis I love Ellis. Also because of Ellis Island etc. But it's too close to Elise
Enzo I like it

People use Barney, Casper, Rosie, Jim, Charlie, Lola,Felix (cat food), Flora (margarine)..

Well, yes. I know a Flora, a Felix, a Barnaba and more than one Casper/Caspar/Kasper.

But Elmo seems to be very rarely used. If it was in the top 100 (or 200 for example)... I don't think I'd care about the red puppet thing.

"But Elmo seems to be very rarely used."

That doesn't mean that you shouldn't use it though!

It is a name afterall.

Op I think Elmo is fab! People get so hung up on associations- your child will share the name of a beloved children's character- what's the harm in that? I love it

Enzo is my all time favourite boy's name. I know a cool French Enzo and a geeky British Enzo. Both work well.

Ivo?

Op I think Elmo is fab! People get so hung up on associations- your child will share the name of a beloved children's character- what's the harm in that?

True, with the name Elmo you know what you get.

If we were to go for... Elric for example and the next "big thing" (the new equivalent of Idk...Harry Potter or Star Wars) has a baddie called Elric... That would be the main association with the name, for example.
Whereas in the case of Elmo... Well, you get what you get.

Aw, I actually think that Elmo Gabriel is a really lovely name. Damn that fuzzy, red puppet!

A friend has just named her DS Milo, which I love but every time I hear the name I want to shout "IIIII'M MILO!" Like Milo from the Tweenies. It really makes me think of the Tweenies, although strangely, they also liked Jake (also a Tweenie) and Jake doesn't make me think of Tweenies.

Great.

Now I have to google what the heck a Tweenie is (if that's something I ought to know... Well, my childhood was in some ways sligthly... sheltered, I suppose)

I love the name Milo. But there are so many children called Milo/Mila/Miro/Mira/Meera in my family...

Aw, I actually think that Elmo Gabriel is a really lovely name. Thanks :) And yes, so do I, eccentric :(

Tweenies. Milo will always be a Tweenie to me.

Sparklingbrook that picture has mislabeled Fizz and Bella! I'd have probably named a child Fizz in 1999, she was my favourite

I have to say, I'm another one who thought you were mad at first with Elmo, but the more I read the thread the more I actually really like it! Just goes to show you have to look beyond your first reaction sometimes! I still don't think I'd use it but I can definitely see why you like it.