Jago

[Sonas]

I was watching a UK police rescue programme and there was an incident where a man collapsed at the wheel, he was diabetic. His son talked to the 999 dispatcher and it all worked out well in the end. The little boy, aged 7, was named Jago (prn. Jay-go).

WDYT?

[AnnaT]

I like it.

[Tither]

Not my style.

[SugarySarah]

I really like it - it's on my list.

[GringaDelNorte]

Its nms. i though it was prn YAH-go when I saw the thread

[Sonas]

Its nms. i though it was prn YAH-go when I saw the thread

Normally, I would pronounce it YAH-go too, but the family in question pronounced his name Jay-go :shrug:

[Helen]

It was a very poor area of London in Victorian England, its Bethnal Green now. I wrote my dissertation on a book written about it so I don't know if I like it because of the association.

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[Mirth]

It's the Cornish form of Diego or James. It's been used there since at least the 1700s. :)

I'm surprised the UK users haven't come across it before - it's part of the whole Barnaby/Imogen/Freya subset of names, sort of middle class and rural.

[pomme]

I like it. Also love the similar Iago.

[Matsi]

I like it, though it strikes me a little more as a nn than a fn.