Don’t laugh but…

[LadyHalesBroach]

Think I’ve found the perfect name for DD. Disclaimer: DD’s first name translates to ‘loveable’ in husband’s native language.

So DS name could be … ‘Mungo’. It’s Celtic for loveable too.

How bad is it?

Mungo… time for dinner!
Awesome job Mungo!
Let’s talk about Mungo’s school report.

Please someone tell me it’s a grower.

Oh - sorry - do you mean DS?? You said DD to start -

If DS then much the same as Magnus - mildly eccentric out of Scotland perhaps, but if you happy with that - crack on. (But maybe give him a standard middle name in case he doesn’t appreciate your taste.)

Read the OP again @Luredbyapomegranate, paying special note to this bit
So DS name could be … ‘Mungo’.

I'm confused as to whether you are naming a girl or a boy. Please can you clarify?

Use it as a nickname

My daughter is still known by the weird name we gave her when she was in my tummy!

It's a boys' name though.
I'm Irish, in Ireland, and I've heard of it so I don't think it's that unusual, but it's for a boy surely?

What about Morag? I love that. Good strong name like Mungo but within the parametres of good taste 😅

I really like it.
Definitely a grower @LadyHalesBroach
Great name

It’s a Filipino dish please don’t

I really like it. Excellent name.

@AllTheWeetabix , That's monggo not mungo

Mungo? Really? That sounds like a dog's name.

It's quite posh. Still awful, though.

Oh, hang on, for a girl?? Stop it.

You cannot do that to a child.

I don’t think it is Celtic sounding at all. Here are 90 names that mean loved.

www.amotherthing.com/90-baby-names-that-mean-love/

Good luck.

I’m from Glasgow - but I have never met a Mungo (A few Murdos though).

It’s unclear whether this is for a boy or a girl?? Your OP mentions a name for your DD and then that your DS could be called Mungo???
It’s awful for a girl, please don’t.
It’s a bit better for a boy but is still more a name for a pet in my opinion. There is a cat it TS Lewis that’s called MungoJerry and that’s all I can think of.
I’d never pick it myself.

It's not the best. But it's acceptable. It's no Velvet Dune atleast

3luck There's no such thing as 'Celtic'. There's Scottish Gaelic, and Irish and Welsh and Cornish and Breton. And 'Brittonic' - an early language related to Welsh spoken in SW Scotland /NW England. All are related, all have differences.
Whatever you think the name Mungo has origins in Brittonic. Fact.
On the other hand, most babyname websites are full of errors.

I met a 13 y o DS with that name this summer, who seems to have a decent degree of self confidence. It is a saint's name, so very much a proper christian name, just not perhaps the most attractive-sounding one...

To clarify, it’s for a BOY. I mentioned that my DD’s name means loveable, which I believe Mungo also means.

It’s definitely intended for a boy though. Sorry some folk got confused there x

@scottishnames I agree with you completely, sorry I worded that badly.
My understanding is that she has a daughter, whose name means ‘lovable’ so now she is having a son and wants a name that means ‘lovable’ for him too.
She looked it up and someplace said that Mungo was ‘Celtic’ for lovable.

And no, we are not posh Hugh Grant types. Just normal family of (soon to be) 4 living in the countryside in the south.

I like it. It appeals.

3stars

I'm pretty sure Hugh Grant's middle name is Mungo