Thoughts on the name Draco??

[Emma16658]

Hey everyone! I was wondering what u all thought on the name Draco. I know it has the harry Potter connection but I don't really care about that and by the time I have kids I don't think harry potter will be as big. I love that it's a constellation and the meaning is dragon as I can use that for a nn. Honestly tho what are ur thoughts on it

Draconian!

So. No.

Also, isn't there a drain cleaning product called ''Draco'' I'm fairly sure I used it to clean my drain.

No sorry, that is Drano

Don’t do it. It’s like calling a child Basilisk.

I immediately assumed it's short for Dracula.

I bet his father would be hearing about it.

If you really want to use it, can't it be a middle name instead?

Bad idea OP. It is going to be a long, long time before HP is forgotten.

As someone with a name noone has ever been able to spell or pronounce, that a TEACHER made fun of on my first day at a new school, I beg everyone not to give their children any "cute", "original" or "quirky" names. Childhood is hard enough with a name that attracts attention or provides additional opportunities for ridicule. I'm 57 and my name still embarasses me.

Though judging by TV everyone in the US makes up a stupid name these days, usually beginning with "Mc". Why?

You have got to be kidding

Sounds like a name for a character in a vampire programme.

I would guess that one of the reasons JK Rowling chose that name for a villain was BECAUSE there weren't going to be any/many kids called Draco who'd then be teased at school.

Are you still a teen yourself?

Makes me think of Dracula and vampires... I don't like it

Sorry, OP. Harry Potter is going nowhere.

Drake? (as long as you like ducks too)

Dreadful

Please don't do that to a child!

Definitely not as a first name. For almost everyone your child meets the only connotation of Draco will be cowardly bully in Harry Potter with bottle blonde hair. As a middle name you could probably get away with it.

I prefer Dobby, nn Dob

What about just Drake? You could use Draco as a nickname at home

It doesn't offend me, but I don't like it. Sorry x

🤣 do you mean you are going to use dragon as a nn?

You say you could use the nickname "Dragon" but personally, that makes me cringe. I don't think it works. Sorry. And despite you not bothering about the Harry Potter link that will be the main association children and adults will have.

no way, it’s much too linked to Harry Potter and that will be everybody’s first association (and not even a nice character).

You can insist it’s after the constellation til you’re blue in the face but everyone will still assume HP

Definitely not. People will hear it and immediately think Malfoy, and that’s really not a positive connection. If you want a constellation what about Leo or Orion? Leo means lion so still has the animal connection as well.

Awful.