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Boys’ names ending in -o have never been my thing, but it seems like they’re everywhere now. I know an Otto, an Arlo and a Milo in real life, and I don’t even know that many kids. There’s something a little juvenile and lacking in seriousness about them for me. Maybe because they’ve got a long history as pet names or because they sound like board games. Otto escape this a bit by having more historical context than most, but it’s still not my favourite.

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In my accent it sounds exactly like “auto”. Not saying that’s a negative or a positive, but it is a thing.