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WDYTO Hugo?(m)
I am starting to like Hugo. Do you think a kid named Hugo would be teased alot? If so, what nickname/association with the name/ or other way he would be teased would be?
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I used to hate it when I first started hearing it a lot, which was nearly two years ago, but it has definitely grown on me. I like it a lot now and think it would be cute on a little boy and handsome on a man. I don't see any teasing potential.
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It fits into my six-degrees-of-V-for-Vendetta habits quite easily, by way of Hugo Weaving (om nom nom), so yeah, I'm very fond of it. If he was fat, maybe they'd call him Huge-O? Or maybe they wouldn't. I wouldn't worry about the teasing. Hugo's a really handsome name.Array
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I looove it.Grand bold dashing trumpet blast of a name.There aren't associations that would get him teased, it's just a funny fat old fashioned sounding name. My future roommate's boyfriend is named Hugo and when I told my friends that, to my shock and alarm, they all snickered. And here I was thinking Hugo would be a good fallback name if dear Rudolph Hugo Laurentius got teased too much! If you're worried about it, Hugh is a slightly less-awesome but more-handsome alternative that would induce much less teasing.
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I love Hugo. I think it sounds very strong and handsome and is unique without being totally unheard of.
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I really like Hugo, actually. I can think of three associations off the top of my head: Victor Hugo, author of Les Miserabes and other notable works; Hugo "Hurley" Reyes, an extremely overweight but totally AWESOME character on Lost; and Hugo Weasley, son of Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger.I don't really see any ways to tease a Hugo solely on the basis of his name - I guess you could turn it into "You go!" and make some sort of completely juvenile joke out of that, but that really seems like a Kindergarten-level taunt to me, not to mention one that's not even that hurtful. As long as Hugo's middle or last name didn't start with a 'P', I think he'd be all right.
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I love Hugo! Children who tease him should be castigated. ^.^
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Hugo is okay; I prefer Hugh though. Any name can potentially be made fun of, so I guess it really depends on the child.
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