Romeo?

[Gigi97]

Trying to find a name for our baby boy due soon. Thoughts on this Italian name for my Italian bambino? His older brother is Luigi. We live in the UK if that helps. Thank you.

I quite like it. Are you Italian?

Everyone will think you’ve done it after the Beckhams. I wouldn’t.

It goes with Luigi. I’d go for it.

Assuming you are Italian living in the UK, I think the differing pronunciations of Romeo could be challenging. Almost everyone is familiar with the name as RO-me-o, and while it's easily corrected it could get frustrating if you want the Italian pronunciation.

@StrictlyAFemaleFemale I’m British. But my husband is fully Italian, but obviously living in the UK xx

Oh well that makes more cultural sense. My dc have British names and are Danish. Whenever they get comments or questions they say Mummys british and the other person says oh right 🙂

Would you pronounce it Ro-MAYO or Romeo? And would people pronouncing it differently be an issue?

If so a couple of other options could be

Nico
Luca
Federico
Francesco

(Second Romeo should be “Romeeo”)

I love it.

It’s not my favourite, my first thoughts are Romeo/Juliet and the Beckhams.
I also think the pronunciation in the UK would be different than it would be in Italian? That’s something to keep in mind.

I love Luigi though!!

Not Luigi it'll be forever associated with Mario bros! Romeo is a beckham and really quite common now so I'd avoid both but Luigi more so.

I wouldn’t. It’ll end in tragedy.

Did you not read their post?! Luigi is their other child!

Awful when the Beckhams did it. I really wouldn't. Still awful. They can just about get away with it because they're famous though.

I know a little Italian boy named Brando. How about that?

No. Far too loaded with association. Lots of other lovely Italian names out there.

It's lovely OP. Name him Romeo before someone comes along and says Henry.

I have an Italian name and although mispronounced regularly in Britain it went with my Italian surname. As you have a son whose surname is not going to change and as his dad is Italian I would honestly go with Romeo as it will be obvious to people that you have chosen a name with his heritage and not as some fad.
It's not your fault that chavs keep butchering beautiful Italian names! I cringed when Adele named her son Angelo!

OP’s son is already called Luigi…

My main issue with Romeo is the dictionary definition: "an attractive, passionate male seducer or lover". Fine if he's attractive, but I can imagine an awkward, overweight teenage boy with this name being teased mercilessly about it.

There's also the issue of the Italian Vs English pronunciations - does that bother you?

Yes - my friend’s DD has a school friend called Boudicca. She’s a lovely girl, apparently, but is a shy, timid little thing. Nobody would think anything of it were her name Emma or Charlotte or whatever, but some names have huge associations. As @notreadyforthisgelatinousbooty says, Romeo could be a very unfortunate monicker for some young men!

Not Romeo. Too difficult a name to live up to, and also a bit cringey.

No, it's too associated with Romeo and Juliet although obviously Juliet isn't so associated with Romeo and Juliet.
I would go for Rafaelle (sp?) or Nico or Federico or chesco, or maybe Ritz, Maurizio?

It's a name that would attract a lot of boring gags.

ps, agree about the sur name, Romeo Benedetti or something like that sounds great but Romeo Cooper. No, eejity parents.