Comments for the name Pompey

Comments for POMPEY:

For some reason, the town of Portsmouth in England - a major naval base for centuries - has the nickname Pompey; as does its football club. Not a bearer of the name, exactly, but certainly famous.

-- Anneza  5/22/2008

It sounds very close to "pompous", and it really IS pompous.

-- bananarama  11/28/2008

Reminds me of the city Pompeii.

-- Kerules  5/29/2009

The city of Pamplona in Spain, famous for its bull race, was named for Pompey the Great who incidentally was of Celtic origin.

-- Anton  3/11/2010

Urg, as someone has said before, Pompey is pretty widely known as a nickname for Portsmouth here in the UK -- not something you'd want to name your child (unless you really, really liked the football team). Besides, it sounds awful, and a lot like "pompous".

-- dischord33  5/22/2011

Reminds me of Pompeii also.

-- Joy12  5/22/2011

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