Message: "Brutus" - Behind the Name

[Opinions] Brutus

by New_Chloe

6/29/2011, 1:40 PM

Useable? On a human? I have fond feelings for this name. It has a bad meaning, I know, but it is just so loveable.

edit: Btn says Brutus means "heavy" which is not bad at all. I had always thought it meant "Stupid".

#Brutus

This message was edited 6/29/2011, 1:42 PM

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- Pie +1

6/30/2011, 3:17 AM

In old histories, he's the founder of Britain. I think it would be usable if you were very posh, and he'd be in a boarding school full of other oddly-named kids. (Maybe we should become posh and start one.)
There is something indefinably cuddly about it! - but that might be because I associate it with big cuddly dogs.

This message was edited 6/30/2011, 3:46 AM

- Anneza

6/30/2011, 6:28 AM

It already exists - goes by the name of Hogwarts ...

A lot of American commenters on the Harry Potter books focus on the characters' names, and imagine what a hard time they'd have at school, quite overlooking the fact that they'd all be at school with each other and would therefore fit in perfectly.

- Caralena Estelle (GiovannaDevorah)

6/29/2011, 11:32 PM

You're such a brute Brutus! hahaha! I think it would be cool, but what if Brutus was a wimpy sort of book wormy kid? That would be really weird! hahaha!

- ninjato

6/29/2011, 8:24 PM

Well, Brutus is usable... for a bullmastiff.

- Nathan (NathanAW)

6/29/2011, 4:12 PM

I've never liked it. I don't think it's usable.

- Orsino (bananarama) +1

6/29/2011, 4:06 PM

It's not usable, and it's very pretentious.

- New_Chloe

6/29/2011, 7:30 PM

How can a name that means stupid be pretentious? Well, if I am anything in life, it is pretentious

*gets back on high horse. named Brutus*

- Llewella (penguiny7)

6/29/2011, 3:39 PM

I'm with Bear. But I can see hypothetical Brutus being sort of a fun-to-love oaf. And for some reason Brutus has always reminded me of Bluto.

- Bear +1

6/29/2011, 3:00 PM

As a GP? Wonderful. Asking someone else to go through life as a Brutus? Not fair.

Maybe I'm just in a bad mood today. But the "brute" part of Brutus is a syllable too far for me. And the assassination / betrayal angle isn't pretty either. Now, on a pet it would work very well, especially a small one for humor.

I think Bruno is more usable than Brutus.

All of that said, I have to say that Marcus Junius Brutus is a fabulous combination. I'm especially drawn to Junius (and Junia).

- New_Chloe

6/29/2011, 3:57 PM

I actually really like the idea of Brutus on a horse... but you're right, it would be great on a small animal.

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