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Cosmo - cruel or acceptable???

112 replies

Sarahmum · 10/12/2008 19:04

I love the name Cosmo for a boy, but it is just me??? Do you think it is dreadful/cruel/ridiculous?

Your thoughts please!

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Sarahmum · 17/12/2008 15:09

Thank you all for your comments - I'm not sure what the conclusion is!!! I guess at the end of the day, it's only a name, but it has been interesting to read such diverse opinions.

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joyfuleyes · 17/12/2008 16:00

It's fab! Would be fine around here.

Yellowflowers our ds was very nearly called Bruno

LuLuMacGloo · 17/12/2008 16:06

I love Cosmo and would put it in the same bracket as Felix and Jasper. I wanted to use it for DS but dismissed it on the grounds that we couldn't afford to send our kids to a public school (to make chums called things like Felix and Jasper) and so would probably end up being bullied mercilessly. DS now at local state primary and surrounded by kids called Felix and Jasper so easily could have got away with Cosmo and I really wish we'd gone for it (he even looks like a Cosmo!).

Having said that I asked DS the other day what he would rather have been called - Cosmo or his own name. He looked at me like I was a loon to even have considered Cosmo...

jujumaman · 17/12/2008 16:12

I really wanted it when pregnant with dc1

Dh originally liked it, then did a pop quiz in the pub and it was roundly vetoed by his mates. Dh backed down. I was furious.

As it turned out I had two dds, so it didn't arise. I think it's a lovely name still but I know from the derision that greeted us that many people will (secretly) think you and he are big ponces. Boys names are hard.

AllotmentMum · 13/04/2009 12:49

Its taken me a while to pluck up courage to respond to this, after reading all the comments about the name being pretentious. My son is called Cosmo and we think its a cool and groovy name.

We live in quite a rough area but he has never had the slightest hassle from kids about it - you just have to see the sort of names in primary school these days to see that its not that wacky. Most people see it as groovy and hippyish rather than posh, but perhaps thats because we clearly don't live in a posh area. I agree with previous posters that its not kids who react to names, its adults.

Cosmo is a very old name, just one that's gone out of fashion and I can't see why people equate it with being posh.

The archbishop of canterbury who spoke out against the WW1 was called Cosmo. The guy who first mapped Ethiopia was called Cosmo. One of the funders of Guys Hospital in the Victorian era was called Cosmo. An environmental campaigner in Canada is called Cosmo.

And spookily our son was born on St Cosmo's day although we didn't know that until MiL's big catholic buddy assumed that was why we had named him such. He's patron saint of medics, one of the earliest doctors (and our son is so sqeamish being a doctor would be the last thing he would want to do).

Asked my son for his comments. He says being called Cosmo is great, he's the only one in school, and signs his name The Cosmo, his mates think its cool, our Greek dentist greets him like an old mate because he says its a Greek name meaning "the world" and he likes that. Apparently the only bad thing about it is that you can't buy a mug or a pencil with his name on it anywhere. But maybe that will change?

nappyaddict · 13/04/2009 13:03

I love it. Also like Cosimo and Cosmas.

kittywise · 13/04/2009 13:05

cruel

kittywise · 13/04/2009 13:05

cruel

kittywise · 13/04/2009 13:05

but not doubly so, sorry

MadameCastafiore · 13/04/2009 13:06

Makes me think of naked Burt Reynolds.

ruty · 13/04/2009 13:07

it is posh and sounds a bit poncey. But if you're not poncey then it won't be.

mrsruffallo · 13/04/2009 13:07

I love it!

Podrick · 13/04/2009 13:17

I personally like the name but I think a lot of adults will think you pretentious because this name (like other boys names ending in the letter O) has been the preserve of the upper middle classes .

gomez · 13/04/2009 13:22

A fantastic name which DH wouldn't even consider. Not sure why TBH as it is fab!

noddyholder · 13/04/2009 13:29

I like it and know a couple.One lentil weaver one beyond hooray almost aristocracy!!!I think it is odd to name your child according to where you live.Underestimating your neighbours and YOU MIGHT MOVE!!!!!!!!!!!

tummytickler · 13/04/2009 13:50

LOVE IT! Ds was Cosmo whilst in utero, but when he was born we went for something else - still love it though - it is one of the few names that dh and i agree on - we live in the Brighton area so could easily get away withit though! And i am sure that I would do it regardless of where we live - Kids just accept the name sof other kids imo.

largeginandtonic · 13/04/2009 13:59

I love it

suwoo · 13/04/2009 13:59

I love it but DH's ponceometer would not allow it. Its funny because we have decided on Felix and I didn't think that was anywhere near Cosmo in terms of pretentiousness. We live in a not very cosmopolitan part of Manchester and I reckon Cosmo might have been a step too far .

Stuffed · 13/04/2009 14:00

I love it.

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YanknbeforetheCockcrows · 13/04/2009 14:56

So far only one person has brought this up, which makes me think Seinfeld didn't make it very big over here!

Cosmo is indeed the first name of the completely bonkers character Kramer. If you lived in the U.S., it would be incredibly cruel. . . .but you don't, so guess it is of no matter (but be prepared if you go on holiday to America).

ItsMargotBeaurEGGarde · 13/04/2009 15:37

i LIKE it. But as somebody who keeps a sharp eye on naming trends, I think the o trend is beginning to roll downwards a bit.

I still like it though.

tummytickler · 14/04/2009 15:54

Margot - does that mean you dont think it will become too popular?

ilovesprouts · 14/04/2009 16:02

my old schoolmates bro was called cosmo and he changed it to paul a few years ago

Char09 · 14/04/2009 16:07

sorry, seems a bad choice. i don't think i can get past cosmo kramer on seinfeld

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