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Baby names yet again! What do you think of

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cupcakesgalore · 28/06/2007 14:40

Barnaby (Barney) or Benedict
Elizabeth (Beth) or Charlotte (Lottie)
These are the only names DH and I can find common ground on. My sil thought Barney was like a black lab's name but I really like it.

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cupcakesgalore · 28/06/2007 14:56

Hmm, you're selling Bessie quite effectively as a shortening.DH and I are people who have to give our children full length names and then shorten them.

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Lizzylou · 28/06/2007 14:56

Lol RNBee!
It just really suits him.
Sometimes I do worry about Benny from Crossroads comparisons!

expatinscotland · 28/06/2007 14:55

I had a great uncle called Barney.

He would have been about 105 now, but he's dead.

Of dementia.

RnBee · 28/06/2007 14:54

not that I'd want my daughter to be a tragic heroine, of course . Its just a name I've loved since I was a child

RnBee · 28/06/2007 14:53

I LOVE Bessie, or Bess - my main reason for liking Elizabeth really. Bess is the tragic heroine from my favourite poem, The Highwayman

scorpio1 · 28/06/2007 14:53

Lottie, for me.

MrsPuddleduck · 28/06/2007 14:52

What about Bessie short for Elizabeth?

RnBee · 28/06/2007 14:51

lol Lizzylou our Benedict is also often known as Bennyboy!

RnBee · 28/06/2007 14:50

I love Barnaby (also Barnabus)!
I have a Benedict so I obviously think it's lovely .
Elizabeth is lovely too (probably would have been Benedict's name if he was a girl )

Lizzylou · 28/06/2007 14:49

I have a Benedict and love the name (duh, obviously!), we call him Benny a lot (DS1 calls him Bennyboy).

Like both Elizabeth and Charlotte, very pretty names and shortened versions are lovely too.

rosealbie · 28/06/2007 14:48

sorry not keen on Barney , don't mind Benedict although prefer Ben.

The girls names are nice but prefer just Lottie.

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cupcakesgalore · 28/06/2007 14:47

Yes, that had crossed my mind too, along with Barney Rubble and Barney bear.....DH's middle name is Benedict and he really would like to call a DS Benedict simply cos he loves the name. Part of me feels I got my way with the other 3 so i might oblige this time!

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Spider · 28/06/2007 14:46

Barney is great.

You can't move for girls called Beth and Charlotte. The names are nice enough though if you don't mind them being a few of them around.

I have a really common name and it bugs me when I phone someone and say, 'Hi. It's Spider' and they say, 'Sorry, which Spider? I know about five Spiders.'

ChippyMinton · 28/06/2007 14:44

Barney is a big purple dinosaur
The other three are lovely.

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