Okay so here goes,

[Shiraz]

I am currently 29 weeks pg with our second child and we are expecting a boy . Of which are very few and far between in both our families so we are absolutley over the moon.

Our daughter is Georgia-Mae and will be 5 in 3 weeks time, indeed she is incredibly excited.

When pg with Georgie we really struggled with names for boys. Dp really liked Gabriel - i was not keen at all. I absolutley adore Harry - but he will not tolerate the name (family mambers with said name)

As soon as i fell pg this time around we both said we still liked an unusual name that we liked when pg last time around

Rossi

and bump to be will be Rossi James (James as a middle name)

We've had very mixed reactions - i can personally imagine a 3 year old, 10 year old, 30 year old, 50 year old and so on with this name.

Just thought i'd put it out for a test run here.

Honestly?

It sounds like a babyish way of saying 'Ross', as in Rossy....

sorry

what about francis rossi?

Not keen, sorry. I really cannot imagine a 30 or 50 year old with that name.

I read in one baby book you need a name that will be OK whether your son ends up as a dustman or as Governor of the Bank of England.

I like James though.

I can imagine a rossi at 50... ponytail, jeans, white trainers....yep, definately works

I think it would just get shortened to Ross by everyone but you.

Famous ish Rossi. His Mum cuts my MIL's hair.

Reminds me of Francis Rossi, rocking all over the world!

it sounds like a horrible americanism - y'know when they do the mothers maiden name as the first name - unless it had this sentimentl attachement - which i am guessing it doesn't i don't think its sensible - i think its silly

sorry dont like it. you did ask

what about james Rossi as a compromise? though not sure about Georgie and james, or woudl it be jamie?

As in Valentino Rossi?
Cool guy but no, don't do it, it's a silly name.
If you must then go for Ross and call him Rossi at home.

Sounds very Italian and if someone said to me Oh and so and so has called their ds Rossi, I would assume you were Italian or your dh/dp was italian.

VERY common Italian surname. Babyish! He'll end up pretending he's called Ross.

I love it.

That's right i did ask....

As i really wanted opinions! I ahve always been of the idea if you love it then stuff what anyone else thinks.

I never thought of it to be babyish if i'm honest - we both fell in love with it years ago and it has suck ever since!

I really am not keen on James as a first name either.

I still do really like Rossi, however it's brilliant to get honest opinions from others...

"suck" or "stuck"?

I should have added though - if you both love it, just go for it.
No one will ever have the same opinion when it comes to names and if you pick something you like not love, you'll regret it.

Rossi isn't a revolting name by any means!

It's not a real name though granted it is a nick name.

Similar sounding names:

Reece, Reese, Rhys, Ross, Royce, Race, Rayce, Russ, Reis, Rece, Rees, Reza, Razi, Reiss, Raza, Reace, Riaz, Rhyse, Reise, Reice

Personally I quite like it though

I really like Ross and I like Roscoe too.

Why not just name him Ross and call him Rossi. or Rossy. Rossi on the birth cert is like put timmywiggle instead of timothy on birth cert.

I have the feeling he wouldn't thank you for it.

PSi like it as a nn btw. NOTHING to stop you nicknaming a Ross 'rossi' but I think people would eye-roll less if the name seemed to 'evolve organically' even though you had engineered the nn from the start! nothing wrong with that.

It fails my 'surname used as first name' test. And it does sound like a nickname for Ross.

Sorry not to be more positive but if you really like it, then go for it.

Never heard it before but I like it

Don't like it, sorry. I would call him Ross and use Rossi in the family if you want to. I also think QueenFee's list of 'soundalikes' is really helpful - what do you think of those?