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What do we think of Bayard?

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mum2robbie · 21/08/2008 15:53

Hello ladies

I quite fancy the name Bayard for a boy. I like it, DH likes it, but I fear it will be a name met with raised eyebrows.

Thoughts?

I like it can be abbreviated to 'Bay'.

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EffiePerine · 21/08/2008 15:55

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mum2robbie · 21/08/2008 15:55

what do you mean ??

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EffiePerine · 21/08/2008 15:56

have never heard of it

where is it from?

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CaptainFabioHiltsTheCoolerCat · 21/08/2008 15:57

Too close to 'bastard'

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mum2robbie · 21/08/2008 15:57

old fashioned name from the 1800's

Bayard Taylor wrote 'eldorado' about the gold rush
Bayard Rustin was some civil rights dude

it's not popular for sure. But that's why I am after objective opinions!

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mum2robbie · 21/08/2008 15:58

bayard - bastard... do you REALLY think so?!

it's pronounced bay-erd

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EffiePerine · 21/08/2008 15:58

weel you will get a lot of people going 'What?'

so depends if that worries you

if you have a good reason for using it then go ahead

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LynetteScavo · 21/08/2008 15:58

Agree with Fabio.

I like Bay though.

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beattiepotter · 21/08/2008 15:58

As in Bayard the Magical Bay horse?
It is a horse's name.

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nailpolish · 21/08/2008 15:59

its too strange imo

and not very likable

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nailpolish · 21/08/2008 15:59

i would spell it Baird if i hadnt seen it written down

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onceinalifetime · 21/08/2008 16:00

Like Bay, but not Bayard.

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mum2robbie · 21/08/2008 16:00

yes yes also the magical bay horse

I have a son with an unusual name (not robbie I am 'hiding') and I really like the uniqueness of it.

I am looking for something v old fashioned but that can be modern, ie, the 'bay' bit of bayard.

I am grateful for all opinions, good or bad!

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mrsfossil · 21/08/2008 17:21

My ds has a bit of an unusual name i do like names that are a bit different but i'm with captian the first time i saw bayard i thought it looked like bastard.

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TheFallenMadonna · 21/08/2008 17:22

I think it's Trying Too Hard...

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moondog · 21/08/2008 17:23

Aye.
Bloody awgful.

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Pinkjenny · 21/08/2008 17:24

Bay - isn't that what Kirstie Allsopp's little boy is called. Bayerd - never heard of it.

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MaryAnnSingleton · 21/08/2008 17:24

No ! but Bay is nice.

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MaryAnnSingleton · 21/08/2008 17:25

there's a journalist/writer isn't there, called Bay Garnett, a woman..or maybe she's an interior designer - I forget, but she's female.

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wheresthehamster · 21/08/2008 17:25

He will have a lifetime of 'Sorry?' and having to spell it....

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SoupDragon · 21/08/2008 17:26

It will be pronounced Bay-ard all his life and he'll spend the whole time going "No, Bay-erd" Not that this is a problem per se but it is a PITA.

Even apart from that, I don't like the name much anyway. Sorry!

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pagwatch · 21/08/2008 17:28

isn't baird a shaggy breed of dog.

it is really really bay-aad

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brimfull · 21/08/2008 17:29

awful name
sorry

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