Hugo (name) Puns

I have this feeling that Hugo is too much of an 'out there' name in the US. Not to mention my grandmother literally stuck her finger in her mouth to signal how much she hates it! But I can see that it's quite popular abroad. And I don't feel like it's really craazy, but what do you all think? Do you think it's following the trend of old fashioned names like Gertrude? It's no Jake or Michael, that's for sure. We don't want to put the kid in a position where he's bullied about his name or anything, and I don't want to be 'that couple' in our family that names their kids really out there names (no offense to those of you who do that proudly-- it's just not us). I also really love gender neutral names and Hugo doesn't fit that criterion. But undoubtedly, my husband and I are feeling like Hugo is growing on us. I just really don't know!!

We're into Hugo Bernard at the moment. Is it too masculine? Do we like?? Our last name is two syllables, if that helps... If you have any other suggestions for H names, middle names for Hugo or opinions on this please do tell!!

we love the name hugo. it's not too common here in the US so I would love to hear what you guys think of when you hear the name. will the majority of people think its odd? I see that it's on the top 100 list for a lot of european countries

does it give off spanish/mexican vibes, with it ending in 'o'? (nothing wrong with spanish or mexican names, it's just my husband and I aren't either of those)

thanks guys!

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The Unspoken Name by A. K. Larkwood

>What if you knew how and when you will die?
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>Csorwe does. She will climb the mountain, enter the Shrine of the Unspoken, and gain the most honored title: sacrifice. On the day of her foretold death, however, a powerful mage offers her a new fate.
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>Csorwe leaves her home, her destiny, and her god to become the wizard's loyal sword-hand -- stealing, spying, and killing to help him reclaim his seat of power in the homeland from which he was exiled.
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>But Csorwe and the wizard will soon learn – gods remember, and if you live long enough, all debts come due.

Will Hugo/Marco pull a Ross and say MCs name at the alter instead of Sally's? I think it'd be funny and dramatic. and a very Hugo thing to do.

haha I did this post with Hugo/Marco's update but it got taken down cus of the master post, so here it is again.

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I always thought that Alexander Dumas and Victor Hugo were undoubtedly the bestselling French writers of all time. I cannot tell you how many times I was forced to read their most famous works for a school assignment.

So I was incredibly shocked that none of their books are even on the Bestselling Lists of all time on wikipedia and other respected literature magazine and studies. Instead the one French literary work is The Little Prince, a children's story.

Not only that, but The Little Prince is often recorded on many list including wikipedia's as being the 3RD BESTSELLING BOOK of all time PERIOD! And right after A Tale of Two Cities and The Lord of the Rings, two of the most beloved and respected classics of literature ever.

Furthermore the fact its a children story and a incredibly short one (just a little over 100 pages) also shocked me as hell. Sure Harry Potter may be the bestselling book series of all time but at least the individual books are over 300 pages and the series is considerably lengthy (7 books plus many expanded universe books).

However the biggest shock I had was not that its a children's story that rules book sales of French origin and is the most beloved book in France.......

But the fact I NEVER heard of it before. Before I saw wikipedia's list, as I mentioned earlier I thought Hugo and Dumas would have the bestselling French books of all time. I mean seriously not just high school essays, but even in college they made us do projects on them.

I cannot tell you how many literary professors and critics always shower universal phrase in the American universities I attended on Dumas and Hugo (specifically Count of Monte Cristo and Les Miserables).

Not once did I ever get a recommendation from my literature professors on The Little Prince.

Furthermore even anti-French Americans and Brits at least have respect for France's literary classics and most of all for DUmas and Hugo.

So I have to wonder why The Little Prince never took the English-speaking world by storm the way Dumas and Hugo did and why its not studied across colleges and universities in United States, United Kingdom, and Australia?

As I chat with people all over the world on Skype, I am shocked outside of English speaking world and France, The Little Prince is the one book non-French and non-English speaking people are familiar with. I seen people from as remote as Kenya and Vietnam to other Euro nations like Italy and Hungary all shower love towards The Little Prince

We've got some time to figure this one out, as obviously the first name is more important than the middle because you just don't use it as much. I'm closing in on being halfway through our first pregnancy so we've got about 5 months to go... I just would like to stop referring to him as 'the baby', and use a name. Also having his name in limbo has been a nagging stressor in my mind, so getting this settled will be nice. Anyway.... Our last name is Selleck (unfortunately unrelated to mustachioed Tom) and we've settled on the first name of Hugo for our firstborn son.

A first or middle name ending in 's' sound seems to blend too easily into the S of our last name, so our other contenders for first name got ruled out - Felix and Linus.

I'm very into nature and conservation, my husband is in a biological science field.

Here are some options we've come up with

• Hugo Benjamin
• Hugo Oscar
• Hugo Maxwell
• Hugo August
• Hugo David
• Hugo Leopold (Aldo Leopold namesake)

What do you name nerds think? We know almost all of these would make his name 2-2-2 syllables, but it also seems hard to avoid. Thanks for your help!

Best name for Hugo's minivan

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I am in love with the name Hugo, and already have visions of naming my first born that when he is born in June. (We’re not actually finding out the sex, though, so this is also theoretical. I’m in love with the name Imogen for a girl, although it meets none of my particular requirements for this baby’s first name...).

However, my husband prefers the name Holden, and argues it will be less prone to nicknames. People will automatically assume “Hugh” for Hugo, but not “Hold” for Holden.

The catch is that we don’t want a nickname-able name. So- Hugo might be off the table and it’s breaking my heart. Imogen doesn’t really work either!

Any input or suggestions? This group is so good with suggestions! Full names we are fairly settled on would be Hugo Nash or Imogen Rose.