Romeo.. honest opinions

[Soulandrio]

Hey all, so background is a have two boys Soul and Rio. I like names a little different.
I have fallen in love with the name Romeo but I have such mixed opinions on it.

How do you all feel about it?.

I love it. It’s a great name.

That you’re a fan of the beckhams

Rio and Romeo would be a little too similar for my preferences

I agree that Rio and Romeo are too similar.

Roman goes better with Rio

It's not my taste (but turn neither are Soul or Rio), but I don't hate it.

I think it's probably too similar to Rio though.

It's a hard no from me. Too many connotations for a child/adult to be limbered with not to mention being teased as a child or not taken seriously as an adult.

It's a beautiful Italian boys name. I've known two Romeos, both Italian and both were very good looking, successful men which suits the name! Maybe if they hadn't had the confidence to carry it off they might not have survived the teasing they both got at school, but maybe that name and the teasing made them stronger. As adults they both rocked their name.

Hmm I don't know... I've heard people use 'Romeo' a lot in a teasing/mocking way, like 'lover boy'. So it doesn't have a particularly nice connotation to me. And it's very similar to Rio... I prefer Roman or Ronan

Beautiful name!

I think every single person will say, 'Oh yeah. Like the Beckhams?'

Also, it's pretty hard on the child if he grows up to be a shy, short bookworm type. You need a certain amount of swagger to carry off 'Romeo' when introducing yourself to girls in your teens.

No. Thinking of when I call the register at school and the sniggers, especially if he away one day🙃

Whereas I think every single person will ask ‘where’s Juliet then’ or Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou at him all the time 😁

I think it goes nicely with your other names.
Roman is also nice but very popular where I am, I've taught 6 recently 5 of them were in one class.
I've taught one Rio but never a Soul or a Romeo.

Too much baggage in that name for me. But I don’t like your other names either to be fair.

Bad and not very classy.

What does it matter what I think? You've said you've fallen in love with it and surely that is all that matters.

Soul isn't a name, did you mean Sol? I think Romeo is always going to get the Beckham or lover boy references, if you have any Italian heritage then you can probably pull it off, if not I've give it a miss. Roman is much better if you don't have any Italian heritage IMO.

Unless you’re in any way Italian I wouldn’t. Its not an unpleasant sounding but its English connotations of ‘lover boy’ and the Beckhams use of it make it an embarrassment. I agree with a few others, I think Roman is a lovely alternative for a child and also elegant for a grown man.

Well it goes with the other names you've already chosen I suppose. Not a fan of any of them, so tricky when you're asking for honest opinions.

I’m personally not keen because I’ve heard people say Romeo to mean a comically romantic man

Honest opinion? I think it'd be a millstone round the neck of any but the most super confident child. Life can be tough sometimes. Why make it tougher?

Mn leaves me flabbergasted at times 🫢 op didn't ask opinions on her existing children's names she asked about thoughts on a name she's thinking off for her unborn baby! People are so rude on here it actually makes me sick.

Op Romeo is a lovely name and goes well with your other children's names, I know a Romeo and it gets shortened to romes. If you love it use it ❤️

And your comment is classy is it?