to wonder if this is a normal name for a child?

[MrsHuxtable]

So today at work I came across a boy called Buster!

I've only ever heard it as a name for dogs so now I'm wondering whether I've missed something.

It wasn't said once like in a jokey way. The boy was repeatedly referred to as Buster.

[McNewPants2013]

Perhaps it was a nickname

[ChippyMinton]

Wasn't he one of the Great Train Robbers? Assume it's a nn though.

[wannabedomesticgoddess]

I feel the same about the name Barney. I am aware its quite common.

I have never met a Buster but I suppose there are worse names.

[MrsHuxtable]

What would it be a nickname for? or can you just use it for any name?

[TidyDancer]

Debbie Dingle (well the actress who plays her) has a son called Buster.

I have also heard it in real life once recently.

Personally I think it's a nickname, and one I have used on DS a couple of times. Not kind at all as a full name.

[OnTheNingNangNong]

www.rodcampbell.co.uk/BksPrint/buster.html

[Schlock]

I know of a Buster. So far he's lead a very sad life, poor kid.

Buster Keaton is/was a real person wasn't be?!

[TidyDancer]

I suppose pet name, like Trouble or Sunshine etc would be more apt than nickname.

[OnTheNingNangNong]

Oh ffs,I meant to say, maybe they're a fan?

[elmerelephant]

My son goes to school with a Buster, hes about 16, his older sister is called Ruby

[OnTheNingNangNong]

Or Buster Merryfield of Only Fools and Horses fame?

[PollyPlummer]

One of my dts is Dudey, it sounds nothing
Like his actual name but we use it sll the time.

[ChippyMinton]

Or Buster Bloodvessel.

[ithaka]

Or Busta Bloodvessel of Bad Manners fame

It sounds like a nickname to me - but who knows?

[PollyPlummer]

Gah pressed send with my sausage fingers
But yes I think it is a nn.

[DonkeysDontRideBicycles]

As long as he's happy! maybe his mum's a Phil Collins fan!

[HollyBerryBush]

Buster Bloodvessel was Douglas Trendle

gets me anorak

[RobotLover68]

Buster Mottram is an English tennis player but that's a nickname - I've never heard it as a real name

[Pollydon]

My daughter goes to school with a Razor

[RiotsNotDiets]

it's most likely a pet name

[freelancegirl]

I know of a Buster, about 5 I think and lives on the south coast. Is that the same one? This one is not from a difficult background, the opposite in fact.

[Iamsparklyknickers]

I can think of that Phil Collins film and the comic...

I quite like it actually, not enough to use it but it certainly implies character.

[freelancegirl]

Oh but I personally don't like it as a name!

[WetDog]

Great name. I've got a mate called Buster, actually his middle name but he doesn't use his first name at all. Really suits him.

[SilvercloudRainbow]

That reminds me of years ago me and DH were in a B&B and at breakfast a little girl aged about 5 or 6 was called "Scampi". I thought it was an affectionate nickname initially but it turned out she was ACTUALLY CALLED "Scampi". Good God. In comparison, Buster is a delight.