Torn between semi sensible (normal) and a bit out there

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For our boys name we have always been set on Milo, however lately I've noticed a lot of Milos, I don't know if its just me picking up on it more or if its becoming more popular. Theres also a Milo in hollyoaks now.

Another name we like is Kip, its kinda earthy and unusual and perhaps a little bit out there.

Middle names will be rupert or forrest or both.

Either way our parents/families will probably hate both names but I am torn with what to go for. I'm only 30weeks so plenty of time to decide but some input would be useful!

'Milo is a tweenie'
So are Bella and Jake, but no one pulls a face at those names

Yeah, you do sound pretty intent on using it tbh op. Not sure why you asked for opinions, but at least you have your answer now!

I know a Kip, he’s a lovely man. It’s a family tradition that each son has a 3 letter name based on their middle names. His brother is Tab.

Congratulations on your pregnancy! Kit is short for Christopher, Kip is short for kipper? (cousin has a ddog called Milo)

Whatever you choose will become his name, and not associated with anything else. Good luck.

@Bernard I asked for opinions to help me make up my mind... I think it has.

ah mumsnet.

I asked for opinions to help me make up my mind... I think it has

I think it has too ! All the best to you, dp and little Kip!

Biff Chip and Kipper are main characters in the really annoying widely used Oxford Reading Tree scheme.

Christopher Marlowe (fellow playwright of Shakespeare) was also known as Kit Marlowe, so I never see that as 'American', but more Tudor English. (Luffs 'old' names.)

Kip, on the other hand - it just sounds like a nickname. Sorry.

This may not matter, but 'Kip' means 'Chicken' in Dutch.

Rupert And Reuben are very different. Uness the live next door and you see them daily, use Rupert.

Really dislike Kip (probably because that's what my brother says when he wants to go for a sleep & because of those AWFUL Biff, Chip & Kipper reading books that 4 of my 6 children have subjected me to so far)... so although I'm not keen on Milo either, I'd go for Milo...although I can see it getting a bit 'Arlo' in its popularity rise...

I knew a Kip when I was growing up- it was short for Crispin. I don't think it's weird. I quite like it. Go for the one you like best.

Milo is an Australian malt/energy drink. Your kid won't he able to visit th ere without having the mickey taken out of him and rightly so 😂.

And "Kip" is also a term for taking a nap in some English speaking countries.

Yup, a kip is a nap to me.

Otto? Arlo? Both have a similar feel to Milo for me?

Kit is too American but Kip isn’t?

You know when they start to read he’ll be in all the books don’t you, among with his mates Biff and Chip.

My concern would be if he was lazy as kip means napping here. We often have a kip at the weekend.

Kip = kipper, he'll be called fish face all through school.

I really don't get this whole thing of people saying Kip is in a book or means a nap or that Milo is an Australian Energy Drink (what??)
Hundreds of names are linked to characters in books or objects.

If someone introduced a man named Kip, not sure I'd burst out laughing at the fact it means nap. Dave is a UK TV channel. Ted is short for Teddy Bear. It goes on and on. If you wanted to find a problem with a name, its pretty easy.

Go with your gut I say.

Only Kip I know is a character in The English Patient. I actually really like it as a name.

I liked Milo for ds1 but Milo in Catch 22 put me off and I just couldn't use it - he's the quintessential capitalist sociopath...

However most people a child born now meets won't have read it.

Is the Tweenies still on? There is/ was a Tweenie called Jake and one called Bella - nobody says don't call your DC Jake or Bella because of the Tweenies, because they know a million other Jakes and Bellas, but when Milo was uncommon people's minds would link to the only other Milo they were aware of, and if that was a Tweenie the first association would be a mascot costume in a preschool TV program... If it's become common that won't be a problem any more.

Kip sounds like a very informal nickname, I don't like it personally.

I do think of characters from books when I hear more unusual names and if it's a tragic or evil character I do wonder what the parents were thinking, and those association put me off names... But most people don't seem to give things like that a moment's thought, so there is no need to worry about unfortunate literary namesakes if you don't automatically.

Not kip sorry. He will never get a job or get taken seriously he isn't a cat or a dog.

Milo is a ok. However still a tweenie.

Any other names you could think of ?

He won't get a job because of his name?

Good lord.

Well, guess the world could do with more Daves and Garys.

I like kit but not kip

Kip does mean sleep. As long as you're happy with that, go for it!

Kip is negative slang for a messy/awful house in Ireland - as in, 'god it's a bit of a kip isn't it?'

V widely used.

It's also not short for anything, or widely used as a name. I am a fan of unusual names but think when you have hundreds of people asking him to repeat it/saying it wrong/asking what it's short for you'll regret it.

I actually worked with a woman named Kit, apparently 99% of people heard it as 'Kate' and she spent her whole life correcting them. It's not just about unusual/common with names, I think it's also about day to day convenience.