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I found out my copy of The Jungle Book from when I was a child earlier and I've decided I'm going to re-read it in the coming days, but of course I got thinking about the author's name. If I were contemplating it as a first name I'd soften it up with the nickname Rue, but I think it might make for a good, unexpected middle name.What do you think of Rudyard? Do you think it's usable at all? + What are your thoughts on Caspian Rudyard? Not sure on the second middle as of yet. Much obliged!


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The name is pretty awesome, but I can't use it as there's a town in Michigan that I know of. Just can't use it.
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Yeah...I would stay away from the name of the man who wrote "The White Man's Burden", but that's just me.The name itself is too hoity-toity for my taste. So is Caspian.

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Yeeeah, maybe... that didn't occur to me :/
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I hate it when people ruin the awesomeness of their own names :(
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Love Rudyard, but mainly as a middle name. Don't get me wrong, I'm not against it as a first name, I just think that it somehow shines more in the middle spot, bringing something mysterious and quirky to the table. Plus, I think that you could make a lot of handsome combos with Rudyard in the middle spot.Like Caspian Rudyard. That combo is pretty much perfection, in my opinion. Very handsome! Nice job.
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Hehe, thank you dear! I think I rather agree - it seems to be much more effective, as it were, in the middle spot.
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I love the nickname Rudy, and dislike Rudolph, so I've always had Rudyard as a GP in the back of my mind. I think it's pretty snobby and over-the-top, but also fun and silly and literary, so basically it's perfect.Caspian Rudyard is really handsome. I like it just like that, no third required, but I'm going to give some unsolicited suggestions for a third name anyways:Caspian Rudyard Peter
Caspian Rudyard Beowulf
Caspian Rudyard Algernon
Caspian Rudyard Ahab
Caspian Rudyard Oscar
Caspian Rudyard Ivor
Caspian Rudyard Ichabod
Caspian Rudyard Arthur
Caspian Rudyard Gabriel
Caspian Rudyard Lancelot
Caspian Rudyard Vincent
Caspian Victor Rudyard
Caspian Rudyard Hugo
Caspian Jules Rudyard
Caspian Rudyard Oberon

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Ahhh, I can't even express how brilliant these are - you always make the most fabulous suggestions! Thank you!
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I think Rudyard is cool, but not particularly usable. If it was a family name I give it a pass, but I doubt it's anyone's family name. Otherwise I think it sounds uber hipster.However, I do like it hypothetically, and no way man, Caspian Rudyard is a combo of mine from years ago that I've always really loved. A+!

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Haha, really? That's fabulous! :D
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A friend of a friend recently had a Kipling nn Kip! I do think Rudyard is usable, but maybe better as a middle name. Caspian Rudyard feels a bit over the top though.
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Ooh, Kipling is interesting! I don't know if I could ever get behind it, though, as there's a cake/pastry company with the name. Does Caspian Rudyard feel over the top because it's too much name, or because there are two literary references? With the latter, I do have Bram Nathaniel Wilde as my #2, so that doesn't matter much to me personally.
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It reminded me of the cake company too when I heard it!I think it's because both names are quite unusual. Usually if one name in the combo is uncommon then I like to have another more classic name with it to balance it out, so something like James Rudyard or Caspian David. I also can't really imagine Caspian being used in real life, although I see there were 30 born in the UK last year so there are several of them out there! I can only imagine a Caspian to be a prince in a fairytale or children's story - but that is probably just because of the literary character. :)
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Ah, I see! I do generally attempt to balance out my combos, with both out-there names and more down-to-earth ones, so I'll definitely be looking to do that when I add a third name, and I'd use the more modest Cas as a nickname for Caspian :)
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Would Cas be pronounced like Cass or Caz? :)
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Cass :) It's one of my favourite nicknames for boys.
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