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Opinions on the name Rex

68 replies

LittlemissMama67 · 06/09/2022 15:22

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Snugglemonkey · 06/09/2022 18:10

Another in the dog name camp sorry.

9thlife · 06/09/2022 18:14

Rex the runt, every time. I just cannot stop hearing it.

partlyponder · 06/09/2022 18:14

The kid's going to get bullied. Woof woof!

Beetlewings · 06/09/2022 18:16

Too harsh and barky. Imagine calling the poor lad in the playground 😕

nlr1 · 06/09/2022 18:18

As a nickname it would be cute but it doesn’t feel like a proper name to me

TallulahBetty · 06/09/2022 18:19

Dog.

ILoveYoga · 06/09/2022 18:20

Sorry. Can only think of a very large and aggressive dog.

Riapia · 06/09/2022 18:24

It’s a name that needs to be shouted for best effect.

Glitterspy · 06/09/2022 18:36

We had a Rex in our year at high school (in the 1990s)…it rhymes with sex. That kept us in jokes for the entire 7 years. Just don’t do it to your child!

StampOnTheGround · 06/09/2022 18:39

I like it, also love Max

ancientgran · 06/09/2022 18:39

I used to work with a Rex. He was a bit of a dirty old man and was known to one and all as Sexy Rex which he loved. I think it is a nice name really but for me it will always have that connection.

CallMeByYourUsername · 06/09/2022 18:40

Rex is a good name. I don't associate it with dogs at all. I associate it with Sophocles.

Luredbyapomegranate · 06/09/2022 20:05

Only if your baby barks

But other than that it’s quite low rent and/or trying hard to be cool.

Rufus, Rafe??

germsandcoffee · 06/09/2022 20:21

Toy story ruined it for me 🤷‍♀️
Rex is always going to be a chubby green T. rex

MassiveSalad22 · 06/09/2022 20:26

Rafe just makes me think of a scrotal raphe 🙃🙃 I only know what that is because my son has one, good old Google! Sorry to all the parents of little Rafeys!!

Opinions on the name Rex
scrivette · 06/09/2022 20:28

I know a Rex and I like it, he loves dinosaurs and guess which one is his favourite?!

JustACupofCoffee · 06/09/2022 21:29

My dogs called Rex

DramaAlpaca · 06/09/2022 21:38

Perfect if you're giving birth to a labrador

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