[name_u]Baby[/name_u] due in a month. Husband I are considering [name_m]Mungo[/name_m] if it turns out to be a blue bump. It’s got a very scathing write up on here but we think it’s great… [name_m]How[/name_m] would you respond (internally!) if you met a little [name_m]Mungo[/name_m]? What would you think if you received a job application from a Mr [name_m]Mungo[/name_m] Double-Barrelled?! [name_f]TIA[/name_f] xx
To be honest [name_m]Mungo[/name_m] makes me think of mung beans and of mongooses ([name_m]Mungo[/name_m] is the [name_m]German[/name_m] word for mongoose), so not the best first impression.
To me it’s strictly a middle name kind of name.
My first thought is St. [name_m]Mungo[/name_m]'s hospital in [name_m]Harry[/name_m] [name_m]Potter[/name_m]. My second thought is how similar it is to mango and mongo. Third thought is that it’s excellent middle name material. Fourth thought is that it’s very on trend but sadly the similar words make it unusable in the first spot.
I don’t think I’m ever going to find myself in a position to hire someone, but the name [name_m]Mungo[/name_m] would not deterr me from hiring a person. I wouldn’t be able to not make assumptions about his parents though. I would assume they were a little out-of-step with the rest of society, and I would assume it was due to their personality rather than by choice.
Sorry it only makes me think of the show Cats - [name_m]Mungo[/name_m] [name_u]Jerry[/name_u]. Because of the only association I wouldn’t view a person in the abstract in a very serious light
Makes me think of the moment [name_m]Creed[/name_m] Bratton from The Office reveals that he secretly sprouts mung beans in his desk drawer. It’s just an unappealing name.
I don’t like it. I thought of mung bean and then my inner 6yr old thought “ha ha his name rhymes with dung. Dung-o!”
It reminds me automatically of [name_m]Mongo[/name_m], which is a offensive term for people with downs syndrome, where I’m from, so I think it’s pretty awful
[name_m]Marco[/name_m], [name_m]Milo[/name_m], not [name_m]Mungo[/name_m]. It sounds like a childhood full of teasing.
Not a good option, I would say.
yea, i’m not into it at all. It makes me think of mung bean… or it kinda sounds like it would be some kind of disease. What about Mogali? It sounds kind of similar and is still different
Er… I think it’s actually kinda sweet!
That said, I can see it working on a child much better than on a grown man. I’d probably play it safe and stick it in the middle, or else find something similar but a little less controversial for the first name. My first thought was [name_m]Montgomery[/name_m] nn [name_m]Monty[/name_m], or just [name_m]Monty[/name_m].
I would internally cringe, and wonder why the parents would have done that to their child… sorry! It really does nothing for me. It sounds like a kind if bean mix or something.
I agree! I met an adult [name_m]Montgomery[/name_m]. He carried it well, it was really distinguished.
I think it would be a great nickname to use around the house - not to put on his birth certificate. I’m sorry, I know you are looking for support.
I love the suggestion of [name_m]Montgomery[/name_m] and using [name_m]Mungo[/name_m] as a short version or using it as a middle name.
OK - I am probably the only person here who is going to like [name_m]Mungo[/name_m], but I do! [name_m]Mungo[/name_m] is the name of a few famous Scots and Australians ([name_m]Mungo[/name_m] MacCallum for example), as well as being the name of an Australian lake, and to me it has therefore never seemed too weird.
Not a fan, and I’m usually all for the ‘out there’ names. [name_m]Montgomery[/name_m] nn [name_m]Mungo[/name_m] totally works, but that’s not really my style either.