Rex

[thegreylady]

Family member has new baby called Rex. I'd never considered the name before and wondered what most thought. I liked Rex Harrison way back but my little grandson said'Oh like Tyrannosaurus Rex?"

Rex Harrison was indeed really a Reginald.

Rebel and me might be from similar parts of the world. Jess and Rex are really common dogs' names. Obviously there are loads of Jess's in the world but I wouldn't call my child either of those names for that reason.

I also had a dog called Roy, but that's not the only reason I wouldn't call my child that!

What BackforGood said.

That said, it would probably be an unusual name not shared by many of their friends which could be a good thing. But you might prefer something more widely used.

I used to think it was a dog's name but now I actually think it's quite cool.

Although it does sound like the word "wrecks"

I loved it when I was pregnant but everyone told me it was a dogs name.

I still love it.

Dogs name but my DS also has a dogs name

I absolutely love it.

We had this thread recently.

Rex is a dog's name and very cruel to call a child it.

Immediately thought dogs name

Sorry OP dogs name for me too.
I did PMSL when a colleague came off the phone and told me his friends had just told him about the birth and they'd called the child Rex Harrison xxx. He looked at me like I was crazy. I made him Google!!

Automatically think dogs name

I like it! Used to know a hot posh guy called rex, no idea if it was his full name or not though.

Does it mean king?

I have a Rex. He is nearly 5. We have only ever had positive comments on his name (well we had one woman say it was a dog's name but she has a son called Tyson 'after the boxer' so I think we probably differ majorly in our taste in names anyway! Oh and my Grandad said it was a cowboy's name...).

He started school last year and a lot of boys in his class and the years above have said it is a really cool name (I am guessing because of the dinosaur) and we went to a 13 year old's birthday the other day and had a lot of comments that it is cool because 'it has an x in it'.

I think the dog thing doesn't occur to the younger generations and, as a PP said, in the UK anyway dogs called Ben, Sam and Lola are much more common.

I have one too! I love it, it suits him. If he met a dog called Rex he'd think it was cool.

Love the name Rex!!

I think it's true what marshallzumarubble said. Rex is more associated to a dog with the older generation. Nowadays dogs names seem to be milly, bella, lola etc. Which no one sees as a big deal. So I guess even less so for rex.

It absolutely is a dog's name. Imagine calling to your child in the playground and having several terriers come running...

Floggingmolly but that's with bella the most popular dogs name or milly. Every little girl seems to be called bella of milly as is every little dog. I never hear a dog rex nowadays.

Or*

"very cruel to call a child it."
Cruel?? Ridiculous statement.
My nephew Rex is a confident young man who has never been teased for his name. He loves his name.
Some truly silly posts on this thread

I met a lovely little Rex recently. Initially I was taken aback and though "dogs name" but actually I have literally never met a dog called Rex (or Fido or Spot). I thinks that's a fairly outdated conception which persists. As mentioned above, there are a ton of dogs called Oscar, Bella etc.

On reflection I actually decided that Rex was a pretty cool name, and T-Rex would be an awesome nickname!

As an aside, I love Felix too (although I can accept the cat connection there as the brand of food it well known)

I truly pity those who say "its a dogs name" are people who just can’t shake old fashioned associations that belong firmly in the first part of the 19th century.As sealsong so rightly points out, other dogs names are Sm, Ben but who says these are “dogs names”. people choose to call their dogs 100000s of names. Humans choose to call their children 10000s of different names. Most names are used by dogs, cats and humans. A small handful are called Rex. I’ve never heard of a dog called Rex, have you really?
The people who say this are the same people who like dull, plain, run of the mill, heard everyone names- does their outdated opinion matter to you? Dare to be a little different, it really won’t hurt. Rex is an awesome name.

I like it but it is the name of the creepy annoying ventriloquists puppet thing in Victorious (Nickelodeon kids show).

T-Rexes are cool anyway!

So WhatToDoAboutThis2017 who so bizarrely said its actually "cruel" (??!) to call a little boy this lovely name. Just out of interest looked up past comments on names she likes- She likes: Jane, Kai and... "MACY MAY"!! But thinks calling a boy Rex, is cruel...
Truly says everything.