Message: "Ro?" - Behind the Name

[Opinions] Ro?

by lakin5

12/22/2011, 1:05 PM

I been watching The Cleveland Show, and I noticed how Roberta's boyfriend calls her Ro (Prn. ROH)! I like this as a nickname! Besides Roberta, what other names can this be a nickname for? Does it work as a given name? Which spelling is better: Ro or Roe?

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This message was edited 12/22/2011, 1:05 PM

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- Ranchie

12/23/2011, 12:07 PM

I don't think it works as just a given name and I'm going to say Ro. I do know a girl named Rhoda who is nicknamed Ro.

For boys:
Alejandro
Ambrose
Brody
Brogan
Roy
Monroe (in this case I can see Roe working)
Pedro
Ronald
Roan
Robert
Roberto
Rodney
Roger
Rodrigo
Roland
Rollo
Romeo
Roosevelt
Rowan
Roscoe
Ross
Sparrow
Stavros
Roshon / Roshan

Girls:
Rhoda
Rose, Rosemary, Rosalie, Rosemarie, Rosalba (etc)
Rowan / Rowena
Roberta
Primrose
Rochelle
Robin
Aurora
Dorothy

- Speranza

12/23/2011, 5:33 AM

Any Rose name. My SIL called my niece Róise, Ro from time to time, it didn't stick though.

Otherwise - Roland, Rodolph, Rónán, Rona, Rhoda.

I don't think it works as a given name. I prefer Ro to Roe (reminds me of fish roe).

- Anneza

12/22/2011, 10:44 PM

I knew a Rosanne whose little nephew called her Woe! (And used to trot around the house doing it: "Woe! Woe!") This was the closest he could get to Ro. And no doubt it would do just as well for any of the Rose names.

- abbasdaughter

12/22/2011, 3:51 PM

I wouldn't use it as a name on its own... It sounds to much to me like a foreigner mispronouncing the name Ryo (yes, that is an ry consonant cluster except that the r in Jpns. is actually somewhere between the En. l and r and that's why they have trouble pronouncing both in En. and differentiating between the 2).

- fluffien

12/22/2011, 2:47 PM

I have thought of using 'Roe' as a NN for Ronan (for a boy though)

- insane romantic +3

12/22/2011, 2:38 PM

My friend Ramona is sometimes called Ro. It would work for any name beginning with Ro- as well like Rosanne or Rowena.
It doesn't make so much sense for Roberta because Roberta has a short "O" sound, not a long one and Ro has a long one...

I think it's too short for a given name

- Bear +1

12/22/2011, 5:33 PM

Forgive me for butting in. And this is obviously a matter of personal taste. But couldn't a case be made that nns don't necessarily have to mirror the formal name to the exact sound? Examples: Adelaide, nn Ada; James, nn Jim; Catherine, nn Kate; Nathaniel, nn Nate, etc.

I don't think anyone would blink if someone used Ro as a nn for Roberta, with any pronunciation of Roberta. Just my two cents. :-)

This message was edited 12/22/2011, 5:34 PM

- insane romantic

12/23/2011, 12:33 AM

Yeah I think you're right. Ro wouldn't be the first nickname I'd think of for Roberta - I generally prefer nicknames which are very close to the original name (e.g. Charlie for Charles, Freddie for Frederick, Evie for Eve) but it doesn't seem like a crazy nickname or anything.

It's just personal taste, as you say.

- lakin5

12/22/2011, 2:40 PM

It works with the Spanish/Itailian prouncation of Roberta.

This message was edited 12/22/2011, 2:44 PM

- Alcyone

12/22/2011, 1:47 PM

I prefer it as a nickname.

As for spelling, I'd stick with Ro. Roe makes me think of Roe v. Wade. Also, Ro looks a tad more feminine since Joe is usually used for males and Jo for females - not that it matters tremendously or anything, though.