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Eliza's avatar

I love the name Cosmo, and I love funky names over traditional names, but there are two factors that make me think it might not be the best for your family.

If you're thinking about having more children, will you be stuck naming all the kids with the letter C? I know I would have felt left out if my parents and sibling had matching letters and I didn't. IF you're planning on having at least two more children, and both of them have names that don't start with C, then it'll be fine to name one child with a C name.

A last name with O might sound too matchy, too rhymy. I don't think Cosmo Marino sounds bad, because the stress is on the first syllable is Cosmo and the second syllable in Marino. If your last name was Maslow, however, with the stress on the first syllable, it will sound too matchy. So, it all depends what your last name is and how it sounds together!

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FloridaRefugee's avatar

I have 7 children and some of the names that “got away” because of the town we lived in/friends we had at the time/life circumstances at the time ended up being completely irrelevant concerns because we moved/they moved/job change/new hobbies/other unforeseen circumstances. The only concern I have for you is if the starts in C, ands in O, is going to make you feel too locked into a superfluous theme. If you have more children, would you feel obligated to use another C name? If you don’t want to be backed into a corner, either resist that urge when the time comes, or realize the corner now and choose another name. Congratulations and best wishes.

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