Barnaby is quite cute, although friends of our have named their newborn Alfred.
Even weirder than that is... he looks like a little Alfred!
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Barnaby is not the worst of them...but the cutsie names like Jamie Oliver's kids...honey buns or whatever and the fruitloop Apple of Gwyneth Paltrow make me weep.
Quote: zooo @ February 23 2012, 11:02 PM GMTI think Barnaby is quite a nice name!
Women are the worst at choosing baby names, they only think of the cute baby / toddler phase and don't give much thought to when they actually grow up and have to get a job.
Someone named Barnaby is never going to make it to the top of the tree, they'll be lucky if they end up as a balding geography teacher with an ugly wife and a kitchen that smells like hippy crap.
Quote: zooo @ February 23 2012, 11:02 PM GMTBetter than a sea of a million Johns and Kates, surely?
(Nothing wrong with those names, I just picked two normal ones at random.)
What have you got against my kids??... 
I do know a grown up Barnaby. He's very friendly and likeable.
Quote: Renegade Carpark @ February 23 2012, 11:05 PM GMTWomen are the worst at choosing baby names, they only think of the cute baby / toddler phase and don't give much thought to when they actually grow up and have to get a job.
Er...no.
I've never found Barnaby a remotely weird or offensive name. Surely there are worse ones to get in a tizzy about.
Quote: AngieBaby @ February 23 2012, 11:03 PM GMTfriends of our have named their newborn Alfred.
Just reinforces my point. Naming your kid after Batman's butler is just wrong.
Quote: Shandonbelle @ February 23 2012, 11:06 PM GMTEr...no.
Then why name your kid Barnaby?
Quote: Shandonbelle @ February 23 2012, 11:05 PM GMTWhat have you got against my kids??...
Uh oh!
Quote: zooo @ February 23 2012, 11:06 PM GMTI've never found Barnaby a remotely weird or offensive name. Surely there are worse ones to get in a tizzy about.
Like James.
Quote: zooo @ February 23 2012, 11:06 PM GMTI've never found Barnaby a remotely weird or offensive name. Surely there are worse ones to get in a tizzy about.
There are much, much worse but the blandly weird names are the most insidious.
What would you call your kids, Renegade?
Quote: zooo @ February 23 2012, 11:08 PM GMTWhat would you call your kids, Renegade?
Oiyou and Getmyfags.
Quote: Rooface @ February 23 2012, 11:08 PM GMTLike James.
James is a strong and noble name - no one would like a super spy called Colin Bond.
Quote: Renegade Carpark @ February 23 2012, 11:05 PM GMTSomeone named Barnaby is never going to make it to the top of the tree, they'll be lucky if they end up as a balding geography teacher with an ugly wife and a kitchen that smells like hippy crap.
Barnaby sounds like quite an upper class name to me. Not hippy at all. You're all sorts of wrong. FACT.
*nods sagely*