Rex

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Thoughts on Rex, have you met anyone with this name? I know for some people there's a dog's name association (although I've never met a dog with this name). Looked it up and it was ranked 142nd for boys names in U.K in 2022 so isn't that uncommon. Other suggestions very welcome just nothing too common like Noah, Theo, Leo, Arthur etc.

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I have a Rex, so I'm a fan!

Nope. Is a cliched dogs name.

What about Felix, as an alternative? I have a friend with a Felix great name I thought

I’ve only ever known one human called Rex and he was a very posh former Group Captain, delightful though. I have however known several dogs called Rex.

Me too, except I don't think I've ever met a golden retriever called Rex.
Could it have been in a film or a book or something?

Love the name Rex

My grandfather was named Rex and he hated it because it was a dog's name. It made him a good fighter as other boys teased him by woofing at him whenever he passed.
Please, don't do that to your little boy.

It's a dog's name. Only ever knew one human Rex and he'd be in at least his 90s now if he was still alive.

i had a work colleague who named her son Rex, this was five years ago. It’s a nice name.

I do think dog, but I don't know why since I don't think I know any dogs called Rex...but similarly I don't know any dogs called Rover but it's still v canine..
Also makes me think of kings, and the dinosaur from toy story

I have a 17 year old Rex. He has never been woofed at and I think we only ever had one dog comment (by someone who had named her son Michael-Tyson so we had very different taste anyway). Other than that we have had really positive comments, kids seemed to think it was a cool name when he was little, adults commented on how unusual it was (not so much now).

We did have to ask his year 6 teacher to stop calling him Rexicles because he found it embarrassing (sounds a bit like testicles) but she had come up with that due to the Ricicles breakfast cereal.

It is fairly mainstream now with Fern Cotton and Stacey Solomon naming their boys Rex, we know of two others locally.

And I know loads of dogs named Max, Toby, Willow, Mabel, Ronnie and Reggie but no Rexes so I wouldn't worry too much about that.

My Grandads dog was called Rex so for me it's a dog's name.

No one these days names their kids Prince or Earl, (atleast in the UK) which are also English words, whereas Rex is latin and not a name people use interchangeably or commonly for King, atleast not since the middle ages when we stopped speaking latin and Norman-French in the churches and legal theatres.
My Dad is called Rex, and I have never met a dog called Rex, I only know the one from the film 'Babe'. It is a great name, very masculine and roles of the tongue well I thought.

Yes it means King but this is a ZOMBIE THREAD

My grandog is a dachshund called Rex!

Makes me think T Rex, what about Max instead

I had an Uncle Rex, born 1932, sadly no longer with us. I do like it was a name, even though it’s a popular dog name, but then many pop dog names are given to humans.
Max, Daisy, Poppy, Charlie, Rosie.

I’m not a fan my first thought is dinosaurs.