Help my baby is 15 days and no name

All the ones you've listed sound great. Theo is fantastic too as a nn for Theodore.

Barnaby is an ace name I would stick with that! My mum disliked both my kids names at first and now raves about them! We got lots of stick about our dc1 name (Jonah) people kept saying it was bad luck and rhyming it with stuff but we just ignored them and stuck with what we liked. No one says anything now! I do love Theo though and will be having it for my dc3 if it's a boy x

barney makes me think of a purple dinosaur and barnaby makes me think of someone desperately trying to be posh when they aren't.

If you want a posh name, try these ;)

www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/01/04/wigbert-npeter-figgy-tatler-lists-best-posh-baby-names-2017/

Barnaby/Barney is gorgeous. Classic name, suits a baby, toddler, child, teenager, adult.

With greatest respect OP, if you listened to negative opinions others hold about your chosen name, your child might remain nameless. Stick with a name you love. That's all that matters.

Congratulations on your new squishy baby boy

Please call him barney. I love that name so much!

Please call him barney. I love that name so much!

Have you made a decision yet OP ? 😀

Barney is lovely. Your baby so your choice. Not open for discussion with relatives. Go for it xx

I think Barney/Barnaby is cool tbh.

spike is right, never ask for people's opinions, it always goes badly!

But Barnaby nn Barney is great!

I know several Barney and Barnabys, lovely names. If your DH has always wanted it and you like it I'd go with it. My DM hated my dds name when she was born, probably still does, but we love it and dd loves it so I don't really care what other people think.

Don't mind what others say. Just make sure you like the name. Children grow into their name and as the family and friends grow to love the child, they will love the child's name. My best friend named her son Darwin. I said I didn't like the name and everyone went on that the child would be teased. Five years later everyone loves Darwin, and his name, and we couldn't imagine him with any other name.

Fantastic name when we named our boy everyone was a bit unimpressed however they now say they love his name and are glad we went with something classic and unusual.

Barnaby definitely fits as a classic yet unusual name. Go for it and be brave you'll be glad you were when he is in a school class with 4 Olivers

I love the name Barnaby! I taught one once who went by the nickname Beanie. Everyone called him Beanie (including his teachers!).

If you love the name, don't let others put you off. Easier said than done though I know.

Good luck :-)

I really like Barnaby.

Ulrik, Henry, Emmett, Charles?

Barnaby is great, you made the classic mistake of asking other people's opinions, if you'd just introduced your gorgeous baby as Barnaby or Barney, everyone would have probably told you if was lovely. It is hard though once you've let them sew the seeds of doubt in your head.
I know an adult Barney, it's a excellent name and not too over-used either.

I like Barnaby too. Your baby Son, your choice of name.
Suggestions ;
Benedict
Daniel
Reuben
Bram

Do you like the name Barnaby now OP? You mention in your first post that it was DH's choice but you weren't keen?

If you do both agree on it now, then please use it. Everybody else has had their go at baby naming (or will get their go at some point) - this is yours.

Other similar names might be;

Harvey
Ben(jamin) - possibly Benny or Benjy as a nn
Bobby
Edward (Teddy)

Congratulations!

Thank you all so much for your advice ( my name seems to have changed half way through x )

Go with your initial instinct and don't ask opinions in RL. Announce his name with confidence and that's that. Brush any negative comments aside and smile. Everyone will grow to love it as he grows to fit it. No name will please everyone so concentrate on what you both love and go for that. Good luck OP and congratulations!

Don't name him in a rush and don't not name him because some people disapprove!! It's none of their business and it's not like you called him Adolf or something. I feel bad for you, it's not nice that others have ventured opinions

Hudson Charles
Hudson Samuel

Oh and how about Jude - DH refused it for all of our 3 so I have an unfulfilled wish to use it...

I love Barney and know a lovely 12 year old Barney who likes his name. But if you don't like it and your husband doesn't like your favourites you'll have to compromise on a one you both like but don't 'love'.

Don't worry that he's 15 days old - DS2 was two weeks before we named him and DS3 we really, really struggled and went to the registry office with our just-made, final decision when he was 5 weeks and 6 days. The grandparents were aghast, our friends thought we were hilarious and baby would never be named but he is 4.5 yrs now and it has made not one jot of difference that he was nameless for his first few weeks!!

I prefer Barnaby over Barney, but at this point I would probably name the kid anything just to have done with it! ;)

My DD was 3 days old before we settled on a name and that was stressful enough! I hope you settle on something soon.