Active discussions

Help protect children from gaming harms.

Take our survey

Please or to access all these features

Talk
Baby names

Find baby name inspiration and advice on the Mumsnet Baby Names forum.

Original poster

Barney, Monty or Freddie

33 replies

IWantToGoToThere · 12/11/2012 09:41

Am 27 weeks with DS2. DS1 is Hugo (middle name Edward) so I do like 'posh' names (if DS2 was a girl, the name was going to be Charlotte or Elizabeth).

The name on the birth certificate will be Barnaby, Montgomery or Frederick.

Which do you prefer? I know these names won't be everyone's cup of tea, but the world would be a boring place etc etc

thanks

OP posts:
Are your children’s vaccines up to date?
Set a reminder
New posts on this thread. Refresh page
Original poster
IWantToGoToThere · 15/11/2012 20:38

Hurrah, some Barnaby support!!

OP posts:
MiniTheMinx · 15/11/2012 14:10

Why not have a Montague Frederick.......

OBface · 15/11/2012 14:01

Love Monty. Only name in the frame should we ever have a boy.

Hope88 · 15/11/2012 13:54

Monty!

lljkk · 14/11/2012 20:47

Frederick is the only one I don't cringe at.

CountingSparrows · 14/11/2012 20:46

I have a Barnaby and love it! Usually called Barney though but not by me Smile

AlwaysHoldingOnToStarbug · 14/11/2012 20:45

Barnaby/Barney! But then I am totally biased as I have one. I've only ever had one person mention the purple dinosaur to me, though maybe everyone is talking about it behind our backs.

Monty is my second favourite, I met such a cute Monty once and fell in love with the name.

Freddie last, only because it seems to have become really popular round here lately and I like less popular names.

But you have great taste in names!

Original poster
IWantToGoToThere · 14/11/2012 20:40

Thanks everyone. I still really like Barney/Barnaby so a bit sad there is not more support for it Sad but am surprised Monty seems almost universally liked!! Have jinxed it now for sure, but when I first started considering Monty and read other people's threads on there, the responses were very lukewarm!

Now to try to finalise the middle name (sigh)

OP posts:
Popumpkin · 14/11/2012 10:21

They are not names I would chose but I like them for other people IYSWIM Smile.

I think Monty or Freddie are the nicest. Barney wouldn't be a purple dinosaur to other children any more I don't think but you would still get a lot of his friends' parents having the "what's that little boy called?" "Barney" "oh, like the purple dinosaur?" conversation Grin. Although that may not bother you.

My favourite "posh" name is Jolyon, just love the sound of it although DH would never entertain the thought of using it.

cantpooinpeace · 14/11/2012 10:21

Monty, love it Grin

baskingseals · 14/11/2012 10:14

love Monty.

crocodilesmiles · 14/11/2012 08:59

I really like Monty. I prefer Montague to Montgomery, but I do like both. Barnaby's nicer than Freddie. For me Monty is the clear winner. Smile x

SomersetONeil · 12/11/2012 23:00

Barnaby is great, but Barnie is no good, I'm afraid. He will be destined to grow into a big old oafish buffoon of a man with a name like Barney.

Monty and Freddie are both good.

Skiffen · 12/11/2012 22:54

Barney makes me think of Stig of the Dump and is a bit too sweet.

Freddie is v popular now, def not "posh" in the way Monty is.

Love Hugo, think Ralph, Rufus, Crispin, Gabriel, Henry, Alexander, Rory, Theodore, Benedict all go well.

MaryAstor · 12/11/2012 22:46

Monty. By a long chalk.

sonniboo · 12/11/2012 22:21

I think Monty and Barney are both lovely. I don't like Fred or Freddie much.

Ham69 · 12/11/2012 17:00

Really like Monty. Not so keen on the others.

RosannaBanana · 12/11/2012 16:57

Monty is nice and goes well with Hugo. Love Barnaby but not barney so much.

VolumeOfACone · 12/11/2012 16:54

I dislike Freddie. Monty is your best name!

buttercrumble · 12/11/2012 16:40

Barney and Monty are both lovely and are on my all time favorites list...

lynniep · 12/11/2012 16:40

I like Monty. I have only ever known one (he is 11 months) and he is a total cutie so thats swayed me! I like the others too.

littletomato · 12/11/2012 16:38

LOVE monty. prefer Montague as full name, but Montgomery is great too.

B1ueberryMuff1n · 12/11/2012 16:36

Only Freddie out of that list. Monty sounds so silly. Like an old war hero. Barney sounds so self-consciously middle class. Might have liked Barney ten years ago though, not now.

Original poster
IWantToGoToThere · 12/11/2012 16:31

Thanks, looks like Monty is the most popular choice. I think it's the one we will end up going with as DH's heart really isn't in Barney (as much as I love it, sob) and both of us fear DS2 will become 'Fred'. We'll now have to wait and see what he 'looks' like!

OP posts:
bananaramma · 12/11/2012 12:49

Love Montgomery, nickname Monty. I 'm less keen Barney or Freddie, sorry. But how about Tristan or Quentin?

Swipe left for the next trending thread