Roscoe

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For a boy, obviously!

Thoughts?

When I was a child I knew a kid called Roscoe. He was very cool, blond floppy hair and a skateboarder. I always really liked the name after knowing him.

I’m kind of fulfilling Orphlids prediction here - I sort of thing it’s quite fun, but I also think that surname names are getting v popular for boys, and I suspect that they will end up collectively getting a downmarket rep, just because surname names tend to go that way when they get popular (eg Ryan, Tyler)... so for that reason I wouldn’t.

I quite like it. There was a character recently in It's a Sin with the name.

I'm 52 and have never seen The Dukes of Hazard.

Please don’t if you live anywhere near Greater Manchester. Roscoe’s Roundabout often makes it onto the traffic news.

I quite like it and I've never seen dukes of hazard so it wouldn't bother me

It doesn't seem like a name many mumsnet people would like but if you like it there's nothing wrong with it

We've chosen the name Dexter and that's a very marmite name on here 😂 but I still love it

I like it.

I love it! It’s on my list. In fact I was thinking of starting my own thread

I just think it’s a cool name and it’s fun to say. I’ve never watched Dukes of Hazard and I don’t think it’s a well-known reference amongst my generation - I’m late thirties - so that doesn’t bother me.

I like it and love Ross as a nickname

Love it!!

I’ve seen much worse on here.

Not to my tastes but it’s not particularly objectionable.

Also thinking of Roscoe P Coltrain here...

Definitely Roscoe P Coltrane, and I'm early 40s. Dukes of Hazzard was huge when I was growing up

I know an Australian called Roscoe nn Ross.

I think it’s fine.

I really like it!

Nah, Ross is nice though

Nope from me and Ross as a nn well people will think that's his proper name.

Ross is nicer

My first thought was Roscoe Tanner. (Tennis player with a big serve).

We had a rottweiler dog called Roscoe when we were growing up.

I said this out loud a few times to mull it over and decided that I like it. Then from nowhere Tesco popped into my head and something about the similarities in that and Roscoe has put me off a bit. Could be my accent though, I don’t maybe emphasise the Ross-Coe so it’s nearer Russ-Coe which sounds dead close to Tesco.

I’d think a baby Roscoe had a cool name regardless

I'm late 30s, and I'm from Manchester, and I have no associations with the name Roscoe. I know one who must be about 5 now? I am not particularly keen on surname names myself but I think it is fine...

I can’t get past the Dukes of Hazard character. No.