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I'm not terribly keen on either, mainly because of the associations - I do Classical Civilisation and I hate it, and that's what those names bring to mind.

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I had to write an essay on Cato in my GCSE exam on Tuesday. Thank God that's over!

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But in terms of the actual names I probably prefer Cato to Cicero.

I like Cicero.

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Cato is a nn my mom gives me, but I can't see it on a boy today...

Cicero is ok but it means "small pea" in Latin :) and I've had a cat named Cicero so I wouldn't use the name.
I don't really like Cato. First of all Cato wasn't a very nice person and Cato is also the name of an evil man turning children in to birds in the story "Mio, my Mio".

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I love both. I also like Cirino / Cyrano which kidn of have the same feel for me. In Latin this past year we read Cicero's oration against Catiline and that made me love the name. I love Roman history, and love both the names.