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Rio
I met an English woman today who has a 7 month old son named Rio. I'd never ever use it, but I kind of half like it, not sure. but it doesn't age well at all in my opinion! could you imagine a 30 year old Rio?

This message was edited 12/10/2010, 7:45 AM

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Er ... try Googling Rio Ferdinand! He's a bit over the hill, but still an international footballer of note and a somewhat dishy dude too!
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I like the name a lot actually, but I do prefer it for a girl. I think it would age just fine.

This message was edited 12/10/2010, 7:08 PM

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I like it! I think it could age fine. I can picture it most reasily on a teenager or 20-year-old, but I can see it on a kid or a 30 year old too. I used to have a horse named Rio.
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The only living creature I ever set eyes on named Rio was a horse, so that is what I picture, but I first associate it with the Spanish word for river. I just don't picture that form of it on a person because it sounds too cowboy to me. If it was the Japanese girls' name on a girl, that would be a different story for me.
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I can imagine a 30 yr old Rio much better than a baby Rio. The name sounds like a nickname with a story behind it that a guy would have (some crazy escapes in Rio de Janeiro?), not a name a mother would give to her child.
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♪♫ Her name is Rio and she dances on the sand ♫♪I knew a Rio :) He's about eleven, now. I think Rio ages just fine; I quite like it.
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That's what I think of too!
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As soon as I saw this thread I started singing that. :)
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When it comes to naming, I'm not suprised by anything anymore. Still, Rio is better than many atrocities (Riot, Pagan, etc.). Hey, if people can use River, then why not use it in another language?
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I like Rio for a girl a bit more, mostly because I'm so used to the Duran Duran song by the same name. I could definitely imagine a 30 year old Rio of any gender.Overall, I like the name Rio, but I don't think I'd use it as a first name.
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I could imagine a 30 year old Rio. I think it will age okay. I don't like it at all though. All I can think about when I hear it is Rio de Janeiro.
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My former supervisor's sister had a baby *girl* she named Rio last year. I'm not crazy about it for a girl, but I definitely see it as feminine. I think it would age okay for a female....but for a boy? No.
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Yeah, I can definitely imagine a 30-year-old Rio. It doesn't sound as young to me as it does to you. I don't like it because it sounds like it feels so trendy.
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It'll age okay. IMO the names that don't age well are the ones that sound really familiar, or sensuous, like Tommy and Candy ... but in real life I think people with those names wear them fine, as they get older. When I was younger I used to think Jennifer would not age well (there were many Jennifers among those born 1970 onwards where I lived, few older). Then I turned 30, along with a gazillion Jennifers... it ages along with the people who bear it, really.So yeah, I can picture a 50 year old Rio. Just, not for another 45 years or so!
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How do overfamiliar names age badly?
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Familiar as in nicknames?
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Ohh. I thought she meant just common.
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Yeah, I meant to say nicknamey and for some reason I changed it. Like, Tommy at 40 seems a bit dorky. I think Jenny or Emmy starts to get dorky at around 40ish, too. Even names that are older in the other sense seem to me to age badly if they are too kiddie-nicknamish - like Marty, Ernie, Eddie (what my grandpa called my grandma Edna), and Annie do, a little bit. I guess not among the bearer's friends, and maybe not among peers ... not sure, since I'm actually still in my thirties. Ahem. Maybe I've picked 40 as the age of nickname dorkification because it's older than I am, and in a few years I'll say 50 is it. =P
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I know a Tommy who's in his 50s, though I'm sure it's a nickname for Thomas, it suits him perfectly.
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I get what you mean. When little Rio isn't so little it won't seem weird anymore.
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It's ok. I can definitely imagine it on a 30 year old. Professional football player Rio Ferdinand is 32 (not a fan of his though!)
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It's ok - i could imagine a 30 year old Rio but not 50, 60, etc...EDIT: But he'd have to be the right type of person to be a 30 year old Rio, e.g. like a really cool teacher, or some kind of artist.

This message was edited 12/10/2010, 9:33 AM

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I actually like it on a girl. It feels sharper on a woman which I think helps it age better, but on a boy it's kind of cutesy to me.
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Her name is Rio and she dances on the sand! I always thought this name was best on a girl due to this song.Rio Esme
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I agree. It doesn't age well. I only like it on animals
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I love it as a nn for River :-)
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