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Romeo comes off as terribly cheesy as a name when used nowadays. :-/ It's too well known as a literary romantic figure, so naming your son that seems to be asking for trouble, LOL. Moses is alright, but very connected with the bearded man parting the red sea :b and now Ms. Paltrow. I'd personally stay away from it as well. But who knows, Moses might attain the popularity of Noah in a few years--I remember when Noah was seen as 'the bearded guy who built the ark' only and not the name of tons of little boys running around. :)

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BTW, Moses & Romeo as a sibset? Hopefully that wasn't the question, but if it was, that's a definite NO for me.

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I love Romeo [m]

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I've loved Romeo for ages, since 9th grade. Romeo & Moses are nice. Underused handsome legit boys names, go for it.

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ETA: Romeo is 3rd on my list.

This message was edited 1/10/2007, 10:51 AM

I like the spanish version Moises. Romeo isn't too bad when it comes to kids teasing- Shakespear's character Romeo was suave and romantic- you can't make fun of that unless you are jealous.

I think Moses and Romeo have such strong, singular associations, that it would be difficult for someone to think of the child outside of the context of the Bible or Shakespeare. And even if they child wasn't teased in a negative way, it would still get very annoying to constantly hear, "Where's Juliet?" or some comment about parting the red sea or floating in a basket down the Nile.

I am usually one not to put down lit names, but for the same reason I loathe Juliet - Romeo is too well known. And its taught in schools. I find it one of those prefect teasing names for junior high (which is when kids are most sensitive to teasing, and when I read Romeo and Juliet in school).

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But looking at it in another way - I try to stay away from names that could affect my childrens activities. In this example, lets just say that your child was into theatre and wanted to go out for the school play, which happens to be Romeo and Juliet. I could explain this further, but I am feeling a long rant coming on, so I'll spare you. If you dont see where I am going, I will be happy to explain further.

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Moses is kind of the same, but less risky. Everyone knows the stories, but I dont know if kids today still get taught on the level as we used to.

I adore Romeo, I would seriously consider using it. I don't see the appeal of Moses, for me it's too strongly connected with the Bible. Overhere naming your child something like Moses (Mozes), Jesus (Jezus) or Joseph (Jozef) is very uncommon, maybe that's why I don't liek to see it as a child's name. I do think Romeo and Moses sound nice together.

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*and I admit it's a bit hypocritical to say Moses is strongly connected to use, while I would use Romeo....

Romeo has always seemed a little much for me, but for some reason I have always really liked it. I have always liked Moses as well. Maybe it's because I know someone by that name. Neither are popular at all around here which is really nice too.