can i seriously call my little boy Django?

[sunshiney]

what do you reckon?

"It doesn't matter what anyone else thinks."

Yes, it's not like your choice might have any impact on anybody else's life or anything...

Thanks all! Glad for some positives, got a pasting here last week when toying with 'Bailey'!

dh adamant though this boy will be called Mojo. Hopefully he's only joking.

right back at you. What you bloody snipping at me for?

It doesn't matter what anyone else thinks of your name choice, imo. If you like it and think it's a good name, then it's up to you. What your mum, dad, neighbour, postman...think of it is irrelevant. Is what I meant.

And I realise you are talking about the child itself.

I know a Tarquin who hates his name.
I know a Jane who hates her name.

You can't ask them at birth what name they'll like.

No, but you can and should think about what reactions the child is likely to get to their name and factor that into your decision making.

It's not about whether somebody ends up liking their name, but whether it causes them problems throughout their life.

Anyway! So, how is Django pronounced?

DifferentID hes Jango Fett no D

Cool name.

I like it! Very cool and unusual.

No - it sounds like fanjo

IIRC Elsa, it's pronounced "Jango", to rhyme with tango.

I like it muchly. Very cool.

It's very Boden . Which depending on your view of Boden, may be a good or bad thing

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I have no idea how it's pronounced, and I imagine lots of other people wouldn't, too

Oh, I see -It's Jango

Noooo, not Bodeny. Is it? I'd imagine a Django to have hippyish muso parents.

we have a Jango in our family - we love him!

Otter - muso, but not hippyish. Django would have a surfey blond hairdo, be very good at skate -boarding, and ride a Chopper

(I got the Mini Boden catalogue through the door today)

Agree, Jamie

Django Fanjo would have parents who advise on green policies for a living, a holiday home in Devon and a iguana as a pet. He would definitely go to private school, but one where the emphasis is on the arts and non-competitive sports.

Never heard of it. Kind of reminds me of "fanjo", as someone else has said, but outside the world of MN I guess that would be OK.

Is there an "outside the world of MN" anymore though? It's everywhere.

It'd be OK as a middle name. How about Beau as a first name?

Bojangle?

I went to uni with a guy called Django. He was a bit of a prat, but the name is very cool.

I may be confusing it with Jago, which is also Boden-ish

Noddy Holder has a son called Django Jack. I was in his sister's class at school. I will, therefore, forever associate this name with Slade.

It is quite cool (love Django Reinhardt), although not my particular taste. It is very trendy to give your son a name ending in -o ie. Milo, Arlo, Ivo, Jago, so I think it fits in well with these - and is slightly more unusual.

I like it. Sounds cool.