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Help[Opinions] Milo?
What is the appeal with the name Milo? I never have been a fan. My husband wanted to name our dog that one time and I didn't even like it for the dog. Milo just sounds like an animals name. But please... someone change my mind.
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It sounds rather like a dog's name to me, too. However, it's been adopted as one of the upper-class-sounding fads, which actually don't sound upper-class to me at all, just try-hard. Other examples of this trend are Sebastian, Jasper, and in the USA, Oliver.
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about Milo, Oliver, Jasper, etc...
Why is Oliver more pretentious in America than it is in the UK?
Certainly it's been popular for longer in the UK, but there aren't that many Olivers in the 30-50 cohort in the UK. And there was a classist element to the name's resurgence there, too; an Oliver in my brother's year group (born 81-82) got called posh all the time.
I might tend to agree with you on Sebastian, but Jasper, Oliver, Milo and others like Felix, Jude, Crispin, Barnaby, Edmund/Ned, Jonathan/Jonty August/Gus, Frederick/Freddie, Archibald/Archie, Henry/Harry, Maximilian/Max (just to list off some of the boys' ), are often given out of a sense of sort of historic fun, not so much pretension. When I first heard some of the names that my cousins (the posh London cousins, especially) and my siblings were giving their children, I rolled my eyes for sure. But over the years I sort of came to realise that all names can be criticised on various grounds, and a name, any name, that has meaning and historical use as a name is probably good in some way, and that if a parent is naming their sons Felix and Oliver, that's fine, they're good fun names that also have their historical side to give them substance.
There are some names that yes, I do think cross the line into irredeemable pretension, but few are widely used, and often the ones which come across "try-hard" are completely acceptable when the circumstances are explained- for example, my cousin's daughters Ottilie and Sophrona, who are upper-class Londoners, yes, but the girls are both named for grandparents, and are widely known as Tillie and Rona.
Why is Oliver more pretentious in America than it is in the UK?
Certainly it's been popular for longer in the UK, but there aren't that many Olivers in the 30-50 cohort in the UK. And there was a classist element to the name's resurgence there, too; an Oliver in my brother's year group (born 81-82) got called posh all the time.
I might tend to agree with you on Sebastian, but Jasper, Oliver, Milo and others like Felix, Jude, Crispin, Barnaby, Edmund/Ned, Jonathan/Jonty August/Gus, Frederick/Freddie, Archibald/Archie, Henry/Harry, Maximilian/Max (just to list off some of the boys' ), are often given out of a sense of sort of historic fun, not so much pretension. When I first heard some of the names that my cousins (the posh London cousins, especially) and my siblings were giving their children, I rolled my eyes for sure. But over the years I sort of came to realise that all names can be criticised on various grounds, and a name, any name, that has meaning and historical use as a name is probably good in some way, and that if a parent is naming their sons Felix and Oliver, that's fine, they're good fun names that also have their historical side to give them substance.
There are some names that yes, I do think cross the line into irredeemable pretension, but few are widely used, and often the ones which come across "try-hard" are completely acceptable when the circumstances are explained- for example, my cousin's daughters Ottilie and Sophrona, who are upper-class Londoners, yes, but the girls are both named for grandparents, and are widely known as Tillie and Rona.
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Gah. No point pointing them all out, I didn't realise I'm not signed in. The one that galls me most is "priviledged." I DO know it's privileged. Really.
Gah. No point pointing them all out, I didn't realise I'm not signed in. The one that galls me most is "priviledged." I DO know it's privileged. Really.
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I love it - it has that "new" feel but it's still old-fashioned and would age well, I think. I read somewhere that "-o" names, like Leo & Milo, are the new "-x" names (like Alex & Max used to be so 'cutting edge' :b). That makes sense to me, but that also means it could shoot up in popularity at some point. :( Another name I recently started loving is Miles, and I'd be more apt to use Miles and then Milo as a nn. I'm a wimp like that; I love names like Gus and Milo but I'm a little too chicken to use them as formal names. LOL.
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lol... I have a cat named Leo and a snake named Gus-Gus...
Sorry...
Sorry...
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I like it too. I just think it sounds spunky and fun on a child, but still very respectable on an adult. It's a nice name that you don't hear a lot, but can still say and spell easily. I think people would remember it -- it would stand out from the more common names.
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Milo is a pretty cool name. That should be on my name list.....
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Not up to me to change your mind, I always have and will dislike this name. My dog would have been offended to be named that, I'm positive.
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'Do not be grieved for me, Starbrow,' she said. 'Nor too much ashamed of your own folk. Better a little doll, maybe, than no memory of Faery at all.'
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Milo is a wonderful name! It would sound adorable on a baby / toddler / child, but also cool and elegant on a teen or an adult.
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Milo sounds jazzy to me, and that's why I like it. A guy named Milo would be as cool as Miles Davis in a club, and he could carry off debonair in a way that, say, Aedan never will. Milo is a name that simply sounds cool to me.
I wouldn't use it, since it's becoming too popular, but it definitely has an aura of hepcat to it for me.
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I wouldn't use it, since it's becoming too popular, but it definitely has an aura of hepcat to it for me.
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No one's learning the score
Your never ending spree of death and violence and hate
Is gonna tie your own rope
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I'd like to leave the world as a better place.
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I love, love, love it. I have for years, and I named my first iPod Milo (the new one is Angus). It's old-fashoned but hip, and not quite as "stuffy" or popular as Miles. But I do love Miles too. Plus, I love names that end in 'o'.
You don't have to change your mind! In fact, I quite like it when people don't like the name. It keeps the popularity down, so when my son is named Milo he'll be alone.
You don't have to change your mind! In fact, I quite like it when people don't like the name. It keeps the popularity down, so when my son is named Milo he'll be alone.
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I really like Milo. It does sound more like an animals name but I'm starting to really consider it for an actual boys name. The more I hear/say/see it, the more I like it. :)
I also like the "nobody liking my names" concept. hehe.
I also like the "nobody liking my names" concept. hehe.
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